Developments in Embryo Transfer in ewes

Breeders of pedigree sheep, such as Texel, Beltex or Suffolks, often use embryo transfer to aid breeding. Embryo transfer is an effective method of increasing the numbers in a flock and is also used to speed up the genetic improvement of a breed. Embryos are collected and...

Sheep, Wolves: Any other species?

A common metaphor for human interactions in Christian and Christian-influenced areas has been that of the sheep and the wolves. The sheep are seen as good, wolves as evil. My question: What about all the other species?Nature contains huge variety. To claim that people can...

Burping Sheep produce Deadly Gas!

Deadly if Greenhouse gases are causing contentious Global Warming. The cute and cuddly critters down under are accused of producing a staggering 12% of that nation's greenhouse gases. Australia, a major sheep...

Man dressed as a sheep set alight on train

A football fan dressed as a sheep had to be taken to hospital after his costume was set alight. Other fans and passengers on the train said the man ran through the carriage on fire. Some tired to help by throwing beer on him to try and douse the flames. The police...

World's Most Expensive Sheep Sells For £231,000

A sheep has been sold for a world record price of £231,000 at a livestock auction in Scotland, and is believed to have become the world's most expensive sheep. The eight-month-old Texel tup, the farming term of an uncastrated male, called Deveronvale Perfection was bred in...

Climate change makes sheep shrink

shrinking sheep yes thats true..climate change has caused a curious case of shrinking sheep in Remote British Island...In My Views this Climate Change is going to affect all living creatures...Hope we will...

Sheep Farmers do it better! :)

By, Uwe Paschen.   Sheep Farmers do it better! Or in this case Shepherding broth to the extreme. My Son send me a video attached to his e-mail. The question asked was, “can we do it better?” Well, after...

Exotic Diseases in the U.S. May Rise

We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....

Better Milk, It is all in a Name.

By, Uwe Paschen. Better Milk production, It is all in a name. Dairy Sheep, Goats and Cows produce better if called by Name, at least according to yet another study on the subject by the Newcastle University...

Wolves Being Killed in Spite of Being on the Endangered List.

Wolves being killed in spite of being on the endangered list in the US.  From Michigan come the latest reports of a Radio Collared Wolf being killed in spite of the fact that this magnificent animal is on the...

England's Suffering Sheep Farming Could Destroy Natural Peat Lands

The rural countryside of Eastern England known as the Uplands supports a specific ecosystem where the 3,000 year old practice of domesticated herd grazing could balance naturally occurring peat lands, otherwise...

Critical Thought: Easter Symbolism

The Easter bunny = reproductionThe Easter eggs = fertilitySo now if we agree that the pagan origin of the Easter symbols in the above observation are correct, then what exactly do the children hunting for the eggs...

Giant gets makeover

The Cerne Abbas Giant was looking a little less in shape than he should until volunteers gave him a makeover that means he can be seen standing proud for miles around again.Folklore says that if couples sit on...

Sea eagles are not eating lambs

As reported yesterday, sea eagles are being blamed for the death of about 200 lambs in the Scottish Highlands. However, a furious argument has now broken out between crofters and the Royal Society for the...

Scottish Highlands crofters blame sea eagles for leap in lamb deaths

More than 200 lambs have died since August because farmers say that Sea Eagles are killing them and thus threatening their livelihoods.Fifteen of the birds were released in August and since then farmers in...

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