Alpacas, a species of New World camelids, have very thick wool. This requires them to be shorn regularly, just like sheep. But shearing is a source of stress for the animals. This has now been ...

Gwion Evans, the Ronaldo of the sheep shearing world, can shear a sheep in seconds - and is a world champion. Could writer Hannah Britt keep up with his record breaking pace?

Sometimes, being a researcher is repetitive and boring — all those lab tests and mice studies. And sometimes, being a researcher means shearing alpacas for science. If you’re not familiar with alpacas ...

WASHINGTON — “We’re going to do a lot of shearing, so keep going,” said Richard Brzozowski, agriculturist and small ruminant and poultry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension ...

COPPER HILL -- While most of his college peers are spending their weekends at parties and ballgames, Floyd County native and Virginia Tech agriculture student Derrick Spangler is spending his time on ...

The government and the shearing industry have announced a $75,000 programme to improve animal welfare in the industry. The fund will go towards workshops, online modules, practical assessments, and ...

Shearing the animals on the floor or on a special tilt table also resulted in changed clinical parameters such as heart rate. These values remained at normal levels only when the animals were sheared ...