VIDEO: Thousands flock to the Uffculme Sheep Show for May Bank holidayTHOUSANDS of people enjoyed the May Bank Holiday with a trip to see the sights and sounds of the Uffculme Sheep Show.
BBC News - Sheep CT scans boost flock qualityPutting a live sheep into a CT scanner looks ungainly, even slightly comical, but the science behind it has serious implications for Britain's national flock.
BBC News - Rare sheep return to Jersey's north coastA 70-strong flock of four-horned sheep have returned to Jersey's north coast as part of a land management scheme.
The Manx Loaghtan, chosen as they are similar to the extinct Jersey breed, came from the Isle of Man last year.
BBC News - Australian farmer rescues sheep from rising floodwaterAn Australian farmer has taken pre-emptive action to rescue his sheep from rising floodwater in New South Wales.
Neighbours helped Phillip Ridge from the Cuttaburra Basin in Northern New South Wales to round up hundreds of the animals.
They were loaded into cages and flown by helicopter to dry land.
BBC News - Cold spell kills sheep and lambsHowever snow and blizzards before Easter had a devastating effect on Northern Ireland's sheep and lambs.
On many farms the weather coincided with lambing season, when newborn lambs and sheep are particularly vulnerable.
The Ulster Farmer's Union (UFU) said farmers had "borne the brunt" of the weather with large numbers of sheep and lambs perishing in the severe conditions.
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Sheep born with human face in Turkey is true | WWNN.co.ukSheep born with human face in Turkey is true. Yes, it’s indeed true and 100% true. The lamb’s head had human features on. Like the eyes, the nose and the mouth. It was reported that only the ears were those of a sheep.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Sheep aid battle against brackenA flock of sheep has been drafted in to halt the spread of bracken at a country park on the Northumberland and County Durham border.
The vegetation has been taking over the slopes above Derwent Reservoir, putting native plants at risk.
The plant is poisonous to local breeds of sheep and cattle, so Soay sheep have been brought to the area.
The sheep, descendents of a feral population on the Scottish island of Soay, eat the base of the plant.
The Pow Hill Country Park, in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), is home to rare plants such as bog asphodel, lesser skullcap, and marsh violets, the food of small pearl-bordered fritillary caterpillars.
Observatory - Warmer Winters and Shrinking Sheep - NYTimes.comOn a remote Scottish island, the sheep are shrinking, and the cause appears to be the warming of winter.
The wild Soay sheep that live on the island of Hirta in the North Atlantic have been under careful scientific observation since 1985, partly because the island ecosystem is a simple one consisting of the sheep and the vegetation they eat.
羊の毛刈り「少し寒そう」…兵庫・六甲山牧場で始まる : 動物トピックス : 季節自然 : 関西発 : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）神戸市灘区の市立六甲山牧場で２８日、恒例の羊の毛刈りが始まった。２９日とゴールデンウイーク中にも行われる。
家族で奈良市から来ていた市立神功小１年、樫原春花さん（７）は、すっかりスマートになった羊を見て「少し寒そうだけど、上手に散髪してもらってよかったね」と話していた。
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