Without livestock like sheep ... Why white in particular? Munich scientist Peters said the animals were easier to spot and find in the landscape. Breeding different fleece patterns also served ...

According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine ...

Development of white sheep According to the study, shepherds had an interest in breeding animals with different fleece colours from very early on. "This is the earliest evidence of human ...

A champion shearer was brought in to shave off the fleece, a life-saving intervention for the sheep. They quickly entered the record books for the largest fleece removed in a single sitting, with ...

A Midlothian farmer has been fined after being caught on camera punching two sheep in the face. William Brown, 59, of Herbertshaw Farm in Penicuik, was filmed by an undercover animal welfare ...