Farmer calls to protect 'amazing' endangered sheep

Jenny Shepherd, with her apt surname, and her partner own the world's largest flock of Manx Loaghtans on Ballacosnahan Farm ...
Yahoo

Rare European sheep breeds becoming more common in U.S.; Gotlund sheep in Muskingum County

George Washington's Mount Vernon Livestock Program at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival had a rare breeds display this month that included some Hog Island Sheep. Hog Island sheep are descended from ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Iowa family raises rare breed of sheep for wool

TITONKA (AP) — A Titonka family raises a rare breed of sheep for their wool, which is prized by fiber artists for its softness. Jeff and Tara Benson founded Buffalo Creek Fibers eight years ago on ...
9NEWS

Rare sheep draw crowds to National Western Stock Show

DENVER — On the first day of the National Western Stock Show, a Nashville sheep farm was being mobbed by passersby wanting to learn more, and pet, their rare breed of sheep. Originating from the Swiss ...
The Sentinel

Penn Township teens raise rare breeds of sheep

Sisters Angela and Elizabeth Tonkin raise sheep in Penn Township, but their animals aren't the common varieties used commercially in the United States. Angela, 17, a junior at Bible Baptist School, ...
Southeast Missourian

Rare breeds Farmer uses colorful sheep to make art

BOONESBORO, Mo. -- Andy McMurry considers himself an abstract artist, blending colors and textures and patterns with eye-catching appeal. His approach is organic, the results naturalistic and his ...

Rare sheep ‘starving to death’ on Scottish island

Rare sheep on a remote Scottish island are being left to starve to death, it has been claimed. Soay sheep have roamed wild on the archipelago of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides for thousands of years, ...

Countryfile’s Adam Henson says 'that would provide perfect farewell' in emotional update

A woollen coffin would be the perfect, poetic way to end a life devoted to rearing rare-breed sheep for their fleeces, says ...
9NEWS

Family in Weld County raising 'cutest sheep in the world'

PLATTEVILLE, Colo. — The cutest sheep in the world are making their debut on this earth. It's lambing season up in Weld County. The Davis Family farm is teeming with new life. You can't get too far ...