LESTER, Iowa — "Sheep shearers are in short supply in Australia just like here," says Alex Moser. Shearing is work that Moser enjoys, so a sheep shearing trip seemed like a good idea. His seven-week ...

The next day, a champion sheep shearer, with veterinary help, sheared the sheep, now called “Chris,” and set a new world record for the amount of wool produced. The shearer cut slightly less than 90 ...

And wool production has fallen 23 per cent in just two seasons as the industry continues to shrink at an alarming rate. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee met this week, and revised ...

An overgrown sheep was relieved of an excess 77 lbs. of fleece after he was found roaming across Australia. The shaggy animal, since named Baarack by rescuers, was found near Lancefield in Victoria, ...

Australia is on track to shear its smallest sheep flock in more than 120 years, with national numbers forecast to fall below 60 million as wool production slumps and the industry undergoes a profound ...

The shaggy animal, who has been dubbed Ewenice, was spotted on a property near Redcastle in July, with about four years worth of wool growth Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He ...

What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...

SYDNEY — Shaun the shaggy Australian sheep has at last been shorn smooth. But the woolly wanderer wasn’t the wooliest of all. The sheep apparently had been hiding for years on a farm on the island ...

CANBERRA, Australia >> A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 40 kilograms (89 pounds) of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters ...

WELLINGTON , New Zealand - A New Zealand farm lobby group says sheep shearing has the potential to become an Olympic demonstration sport. Just don't count on seeing it at London next summer or Rio in ...

The shaggy animal has since been named Baarack by rescuers Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in early 2020, before later ...