Read the full report by the Center for Biological Diversity and Collective Fashion Justice's CIRCUMFAUNA Initiative. While the environmental impacts of the meat industry have gained significant ...

(KUTV) -- Utah wool producers have something important to say to PETA in response to its sheep billboard in Salt Lake City. "First thing that's important to understand about shearing is it's cruel and ...

Cup of coffee in hand, Jim Barnett takes a break from shearing Brian Iburg's sheep. They seem unaware of the change, however, as they mill around the barn. It's hard to hear over the bleating, which ...

Wool isn’t just for winter wear anymore, and its use in everything from shoes to underwear briefs is pushing prices of merino, the most popular type of wool fiber for clothes, to near-record highs.

From being a city hairdresser in New Plymouth making small talk with clients to living in the remote central North Island where the closest neighbour is eight kilometres down a winding, gravel road, ...

With the wool market now riding above $20 a kilogram, growers are keen to get their wool out of the paddock and into the auction room. It is a case of 'quick goes the shears' for farmers who are ...

Kate Mooney is a long-time Flinders Island resident who decided wool classing was a sound career to pursue, to enable her to live on the island she loves. Now, 30 years later, she still works as a ...

Other than I liked merino sweaters in jewel colours, and anything in cashmere, I'd never really given wool much thought. My first designer purchase was a navy snowflake sweater from Joseph Tricot, ...

In our inboxes, on our feeds, in the mail, and everywhere else, we're seeing the sartorial, fashion-forward signs: It's time to start thinking seriously about our spring wardrobes. That may mean ...

“The first rule of shearing is the shearer has to win.” So says Amy Wolf, teacher, mom, livestock judge and, yes, sheep shearer. Did you catch that? Wolf. “As in predator,” she noted before hundreds ...

Following is a transcription of the video: Narrator: Here in the New Zealand countryside, 25,000 sheep are sheared in just 10 days. Tom O'Sullivan: It's a nightmare trying to keep the sheep still.

Fill your living environments with wool and do it in style – that’s the message from the Campaign for Wool. The Campaign is hosting HRH The Prince of Wales today at Shear Brilliance – a wool showcase ...