$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever
A single New Mexico bighorn tag sold for more than $1 million at auction during the 2025 Sheep Show. It's the highest price ...
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Shoebury Ranges grassland to be protected by flock of sheep
A HUNGRY flock of sheep will help boost biodiversity and protect one of the county’s last coastal grasslands as they graze at Shoebury Ranges ...
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Drought endangers Desert Bighorn Sheep, Nevada’s state animal
Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned ...
Ancient DNA analyses bring to life the 11,000-year intertwined genomic history of sheep and humans
Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...
Ancient DNA Unlocks 11,000 Years of Sheep and Human History
Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...
Farmers block Dharapuram-Karur road with carcasses of 27 sheep killed by wandering dogs
Around 100 farmers blocked the Dharapuram-Karur road outside the Mulanur police station for about six hours on Thursday by ...
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How the UK's biggest solar project could be shaped by sheep farmers
Up to 6.25 square miles of the Great North Road Solar Park development could potentially be made available for sheep grazing ...
'Nudies' help hill country sheep farmers strip costs back to the bone
Declining sheep numbers are also pulling up the price of strong wool. The country's flock keeps falling as more farms are ...
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Wolf advocates, Colorado ranchers agree range riders critical to reducing livestock losses
Range riders, who protect cattle and sheep from predators such as wolves by riding among the livestock, are one of multiple ...
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Inside the sheep industry’s battle to keep farmers
Australia is no longer riding on the sheep’s back, as producers turn away from the once-proud enterprise en masse.
Study traces domestication of sheep across 12 millennia, from Mongolia to Ireland
An international team of researchers published a study in the journal Science, revealing new insights into sheep domestication and its profound impact on human civilization. Led by Dr. Kevin Daly, the ...