Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ancestral "chaccu" shearing - Copyright AFP Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Vicunas in Totoroma, Peru, ahead of the annual ...

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Australia will shear its smallest number of sheep in more than 120 years with predictions the numbers will slip below 60 ...

The government and the shearing industry have announced a $75,000 programme to improve animal welfare in the industry. The ...

The first day of shearing is always an exciting if busy time, as local shearers sharpen their combs, kelpies bark and bleating sheep with their lustrous wool fleeces pack the lanolin-stained wooden ...

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The Australian wool industry is going through a tumultuous time with the market now down a massive 40 per cent on this time last year. The Australian wool market is now 670c/kg cheaper than this time ...

At daybreak on a freezing cold day high in the Andes, dozens of Peruvian peasants clamber up a mountainside to carry out a centuries-old tradition of shearing the highly-prized wool off vicunas, which ...