King Country shearer Jack Fagan has got his four-week UK tour off to a good start, placing second in the Scottish Blackface ...

The New Zealannd team from left manager Digger Balme and shearers Jack Fagan and Clay Harris with victors the Scotland team ...

Animal rights advocates are calling for cameras in shearing sheds, saying "welfare training" for shearers is not enough to stop sheep being mistreated. The government and the industry have this week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all heard of the running of the bulls in Pamplona, but what about the running of the sheep? That’s a spectacle to be enjoyed ...

The Government and industry are supporting training initiatives to improve animal welfare outcomes in New Zealand woolsheds, Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard and Rural Communities ...

An earlier version of this article included reference to ZQ accreditation, a New Zealand certification intended to assure ethical wool production. This article clarifies the source of those claims and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A New Zealand farm lobby group says sheep shearing has the potential to become an Olympic demonstration sport. But don't count on that happening anytime soon. The "time has ...