THEY’RE JUST VERY INSTINCTUAL CREATURES. FRIENDLY AND GOOFY. BUT THERE’S MUCH MORE TO WOOL THAN JUST SWEATERS AND HATS. WOLVES HEYDAY MAY HAVE COME AND GONE. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER SOLD WOOL BY THE ...

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DARIEN — Nestled away in a Darien neighborhood, not far from the Post Road, sheep Chuckie, Belle Fleur and Bellina enjoyed a spring shearing last week, with their wool going toward the Connecticut ...

It's an appointment we generally arrange when we require a cut and not by observing what the specific season happens to be. But when a sheep gets a trim, the calendar on the wall very often shows the ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

LOLO, Mont. — It's time for Montana sheep producers to have their animals sheared of their winter wool. Shearing keeps the sheep cool in hot weather, and allows new born lambs to nurse more easily.

A heated debate has erupted online over whether sheep shearing is ethical or exploitative. Alaina Wood (@itsthegarbagequeen), whose bio says she's a sustainability scientist and climate activist, took ...