Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...

This video dives into the demanding world of professional sheep shearing through firsthand experience. It exposes the ...

Shearing day at a sheep farm is one of the most important days at the farm and it begins this time of year across Central New York. Depending on the breed of sheep and the growth of their wool, it can ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

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 ...

MIDDLEBORO -- After seeing the degree of physical labor and the fast reactions shearing a sheep requires, the fact that Andy Rice still does this work for eight or more hours a day at age 72 is ...

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 ...

SPOTSYLVANIA — Shearing sheep has been an annual rite of spring for most of Richard Beasley’s life. The Spotsylvania County farmer has taken care of his own herd and even done the backbreaking duty ...

Dan Dawson, left, gives one-on-one instruction to student Duke Christner during the Oregon Sheep Growers Association shearing school in Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Ore. — After several years of work, applying ...