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British sheep go Green thanks to Kiwi Ingenuity

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 hour ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Rissington’s British business manager, Bayden Wilson says that this means that marginal British hill country, in threat of retirement from farming can be viable and continue to be used. ‘It’s a natural form of farming and is producing plenty of lambs.’...

Tags: Rissington, wilson says, United Kingdom, London, Environment, Sheep, Domestic sheep, Lamb and mutton

MEP in bid to keep Shetland sheep tag-free

London :: United Kingdom | about 3 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Scotland's MEPs to have Shetland sheep excluded from the forthcoming electronic tagging programme, which is due to start on 1 January. Struan Stevenson has tabled an oral question to the European Parliament, following concerns about the future of the...

Tags: Shetland, shetland sheep, United Kingdom, London, Environment, Sheep, Domestic sheep, Sheep husbandry

GAP continues anti-mulesing stance

Gap :: France | 5 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) GAP's spokesman Dan Henkle says the company does "not condone mulesing and is committed to sourcing all of our merino wool from farms that have ended the practice." Mr Henkle says the company has already begun...

Tags: PETA, GAP, France, Agriculture in Australia, Wool, Myiasis, Sheep, Ingrid Newkirk, Domestic sheep, Mulesing, Merino

Wildlife Board shortens general deer season to five days in 2010

Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 5 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The board approved a new hunt for a thought-to-be-lost desert bighorn herd next to Zion National Park, reduced the statewide general season any weapon deer hunt to five days and expanded the archery-only hunting area in Salt Lake County to include Emigration...

Tags: national park, Utah Wildlife Board, zion national, big game, Emigration Canyon, Ernie Perkins, Anis Aoude, Salt Lake City, Bighorn Sheep, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Sheep, Zion National Park, Hunting, Deer

Couple survive two days stuck in mountain snowdrift in SUV

Sand Springs :: OK :: USA | 7 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The Oklahoma pair are rescued from the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. Amanda Galloway of Sand Springs and Danny Cox of Cushing stand in front of the SUV in which they were stranded for two days in the Bighorn Mountains near Sheridan, Wyo. C Published:...

Tags: Amanda Galloway, Sand Springs, Wyoming, Danny Cox, SUV, Oklahoma, Sport utility vehicle, Bighorn Sheep, Sheep, Galloway, Big Horn Mountains

Vail Daily letter: Could cyclist-dog clash have been avoided?

Vail :: CO :: USA | 7 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Weaver Vail, CO, Colorado newsroom@vaildaily.com In reading in my local paper that Mr. Robinson, the sheep herder, now has a criminal record, I was really shocked that the West had deteriorated to that extent. I was born in Pittsburgh in 1920, so I have...

Tags: Vail, The Sheep-Pig, Megafauna, Sheep, Goat, Domestic sheep, Lamb Chop

An Aussie Poem

Millinocket :: ME :: USA | 7 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

He drove around the paddocks checking wethers, ewes and lambs, The float valves in the water troughs, the windmills on the dams. He stopped and turned a windmill on to fill a water tank And saw a ewe down in the dam, a few yards from the bank. "Typical...

Tags: Millinocket, Sheep, Domestic sheep, Ewe people, Ewe language

Union urges EU to alter new rules on sheep ID

Brussels :: Belgium | 8 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Union urges EU to alter new rules on sheep ID Published Date: 02 December 2009 NFU Scotland yesterday went to Brussels to try to alleviate the impact new EU regulation on the electronic identification of sheep will have in Scotland, even though the...

Tags: Scotland, scottish government, Belgium, Brussels, Politics, Megafauna, Sheep, Domestic sheep

Animal welfare group praises sheep handling

Doha :: Qatar | 10 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Facing criticism from international animal welfare organisations of alleged ill-treatment of livestock during the shipment, Australian livestock companies have sought the help of volunteers of some selected Animal welfare organisations. International...

Tags: Mawashi, animal welfare, international animal, Australia, Qatar, Doha, Environment, Sheep, Megafauna, Domestic sheep, Livestock

Tagging tales from Pitlochry blogger

Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Brewster's blog, by Alex Brewster of Rotmell Farm, near Pitlochry describes using this new system which is being imposed on the sheep industry. Brewster is hoping to use EID to help in recording of his 1,800 Scottish Blackface ewe flock. My biggest driver...

Tags: Alex Brewster, Pitlochry, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Sheep, Domestic sheep, Scottish Blackface, Sheep husbandry

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