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	Sheep 201: Shearing
		Many shearers of Spanish or Mexican descent use a style of shearing that requires the legs of the sheep to be tied.
		Sheep shearers have to have a license to shear sheep in England and Wales.
		Crutching is the removal of wool from the crutch of a sheep to keep the area dry and less attractive to blowfly strike.
	www.sheep101.info /201/shearing.html (1147 words)

	Sheep @ Purdue: Be Nice to Your Sheep Shearer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Many shearers cannot justify the time to travel and set-up their equipment to shear a small flock.
		Hauling your sheep to a shearer’s farm to have them shorn.
		Shearers are paid on a per head basis.
	ag.ansc.purdue.edu /sheep/articles/shearart.html (806 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		Called Bioclip, it injects sheep with a naturally occurring protein that causes their fleece to drop out, or be brushed out by hand, a week later.
		Australian shearers are paid 90 cents per sheep, typically processing about 120 sheep a day at an average of three to four minutes per sheep.
		Shearers would also have a major part to play through pre-injection trimming of peripheral areas of sheep, which produce hair rather than wool.
	www.rense.com /ufo/sheep.htm (800 words)

	RTE News - Movement of British sheep shearers to be controlled
		Plans have been unveiled in Britain to control sheep shearers moving from foot and mouth infected areas to disease-free zones amid fears for the welfare of unshorn animals.
		Sheep carrying heavy fleeces could die from heat exhaustion due to rising temperatures while their thick wool also encourages flies to lay eggs, which hatch into maggots, they said.
		The consequences would be that unshorn sheep will attract flies and parasites which lay eggs around the rectum and vulva, leading to appalling maggot infestations which eat the sheep alive, he said.
	www.rte.ie /news/2001/0512/disease.html (279 words)

	MSU tries to avert sheep shearer shortage
		Montana is running low on sheep shearers, and young people aren't replacing the older ones, said Moore, a long-time shearer and an Extension agent for the MSU Sheep Institute.
		Sheep are easier to shear if their hide is tight, so shearers need to know the best feet and hand positions to make that happen.
		Montana doesn't require sheep shearers to be certified, but trained shearers are more likely to shear sheep according to standards that bring higher pay for the wool.
	www.montana.edu /cpa/news/nwview.php?article=2146 (742 words)

	Index: Sheep
		slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
		sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find
		lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.
	scriptures.lds.org /ins/sheep?sr=1 (1178 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Australia's sheep shearers turn their backs on the golden fleece
		They once epitomised the machismo and romance of the Outback, but Australia's sheep shearers are deserting the job in droves, plunging the country's wool industry into crisis.
		The average shearer is in his 40s and there is a desperate shortage of replacements.
		Although a few women work as shearers, most of their male counterparts believe they are not up to the job physically.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/24/wbaaa24.xml (487 words)

	NYS Sheep and Wool
		It is designed to facilitate the location of registered and grade sheep, spinners and weavers of wool and sheep shearers in Dutchess County and nearby areas.
		Whether you are a breeder of wool or meat breed sheep, spinner, weaver, 4-H member, youth or a lover of wool and fiber, this organization is for you.
		Sheep in general are easier to raise and more profitable on a comparative basis with other farm animals and have been the most valuable animals for mankind since prehistoric times.
	www.sheepandwool.com /woolgrowers.cfm (727 words)

	Sheep
		For every sheep that dies very many others are ill, injured or near to death when they arrive at their destination.
		Wool insulates sheep from the cold in the winter and the heat in the summer although specialist breeding ensures more wool than is actually natural or necessary.
		Sheep scab is one of the most serious welfare problems producers may encounter in their flocks and it is currently widespread.
	www.vegansociety.com /html/animals/exploitation/sheep.php (5347 words)

	Sheep 101 - Shearing
		However, shearing requires skill so that sheep are shorn efficiently and quickly without cuts or injury to the sheep or shearer.
		Sheep are usually sheared once per year, usually in the spring before the onset of warm weather.
		Hair sheep do not need shearing because they lack wool or their coats are naturally shed; however, crosses between hair sheep and wool sheep need to be sheared.
	www.sheep101.info /shearing.html (590 words)

	Save the Sheep! > The Animals
		When sheep age and their wool production declines, they are of no use to wool farmers and so are discarded for slaughter.
		Many sheep fall ill, many become stuck in feces and are unable to move, and many are smothered or trampled to death by other sheep trying not to fall or trying to reach water when it is available.
		Shearers are usually paid by volume, not by the hour, which encourages fast work without regard for the welfare of the sheep.
	www.savethesheep.com /animals.asp (1351 words)

	February 1997 Sheep Update
		Scrapie, a fatal neurological disorder of sheep, is in the same family of diseases as BSE.
		Custom sheep shearers or sheep producers who know of custom shearers are asked to send the name of the shearer, address and telephone number to Steve Umberger, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306, or call (540) 231-5253.
		The school is designed to teach beginning shearers correct shearing technique as well as the proper care and maintenance of shearing equipment.
	www.ext.vt.edu /news/periodicals/livestock/aps-97_02/aps-750.html (827 words)

	Review \| Pete the Sheep by Jackie French
		The other shearers protest, even though Shaun and Pete are a first-class shearing team and the sheep all admire Pete.
		When the sheep refuse to let the dogs round them up because they're waiting for Pete, the new team are exiled from the shearing shed.
		The shearers, sketched in a few lines with some shading, are all recognizable Australian rural types.
	www.januarymagazine.com /kidsbooks/petethesheep.html (541 words)

	Cloned Sheep
		Cloned Sheep, The domestic sheep, the most common species of the sheep genus (Ovis), is a woolly ruminant quadruped which probably descends from the wild mouflon of south-central and south-west Asia.
		Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ewes, intact males as rams, castrated males as wethers, yearlings as hoggets, and younger sheep as lambs.
		sheep were killed and two badly mauled Thursday night on a farm that lost four others in recent weeks, but wildlife officials say this time it seems like a coyote, not a bear, killed them.
	www.sheep.co.za (420 words)

	The Sheep Before the Shearers
		Our Lord was brought to the shearers that he might be shorn of his comfort, and of his honour, shorn even of his good name, and shorn at last of life itself; but when under the shearers he was as silent as a sheep.
		Just as a sheep is taken by the shearer, and its wool is all cut off, so doth the Lord take his people and shear them, taking away all their earthly comforts, and leaving them bare.
		Sheep are shorn when it is warm, genial weather, when they can afford to lose their fleeces, and are all the better for being relieved of them.
	www.spurgeon.org /misc/sheep.htm (3681 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Sheep at risk from shearer shortage
		Most shearers travel to the UK from Australia and New Zealand but the outbreak has dissuaded many from making the journey.
		There are normally 750 sheep shearers working in Britain during the summer season but this year the number is less than half that figure.
		Shearers are required to apply for two different types of licenses depending on whether he is working in an infected area or not.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/1393744.stm (405 words)

	2006 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sheep breeders will be showing more than 30 breeds of sheep.
		Sheep shearers will display their skills and show you how well they can shear a sheep.
		Sheep dogs and their handlers will fascinate you with their unbelievable skill in herding and penning sheep.
	www.sheepandwool.org /welcome.htm (377 words)

	Maryland Sheep & Goat Producer
		Susan Schoenian, Area Agent for Sheep and Goats with University of Maryland Cooperative Extension was appointed to the committee, whose purpose is to seek common ground between the sheep and goat industries.
		Level 1 training is designed to educate producers regarding the basis of assuring sheep safety and quality, to describe and define the safety and quality criteria and to assure that producers understand the concepts and reasoning behind the development of the criteria, and the importance of their training.
		Sheep and goat producers in Maryland are being sought for their participation in a telephone survey that is estimated to last about 30 minutes.
	www.sheepandgoat.com /news/july2002.html (4599 words)

	Section 267-717 Registration of sheep shearers--duties. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within thirty days, register with the department on forms provided by the department and shall further register on the first day of January of each calendar year thereafter.
		All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within five days, promptly report any suspicion or evidence of scabies to the state, district or area veterinarian or area livestock inspector, giving name and address of the owner and exact location of premises.
		All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall maintain records of all sheep or goats sheared by them, which shall show the number of sheep or goats, the name and address of owner, the date of shearing.
	www.moga.state.mo.us /statutes/C200-299/2670000717.HTM (222 words)

	Sheep shearer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A sheep shearer is a worker who uses (hand-powered)-blade or machine shears to remove the wool from sheep.
		In most countries with large sheep populations the shearer is one of a team of contractors that go from place to place shearing sheep and preparing the wool for marketing.
		The shearer collects the sheep from a holding pen, arranges it on the cutting floor and operates the shearing hand-piece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheep_shearer (217 words)

	1904 St. Louis World's Fair Sheep Shows
		A special committee composed of expert machine shearers, machine shearer manufacturers and owners of machine plants were assembled to draw up the rules and regulations for the contests.
		They were evaluated on the condition of sheep after being trimmed, the number of pauses and second cuts, and the handling of the machine and the animal.
		The scores were based on the condition and appearance of the sheep and the fleece after being trimmed.
	www.lyndonirwin.com /04sheep14.htm (719 words)

	Calovine Farm \| Purebred St. Croix Meat Sheep
		Croix sheep are bred exclusively for meat, and not wool.
		In fact, this rare breed of hair sheep has no wool, and sheds its winter coat in the spring.
		Croix sheep are thought to have originated on the continent of Africa and were brought to the Virgin Island on slave ships.
	meatsheep.org (316 words)

	Illini SheepNet: Resources
		Deal mostly in furs but also offers sheep shearing equipment of all kinds for shearers and sheep producers.
		America's Sheep Trails, written by Edward Norris Wentworth is the story of the developing US sheep indusrty through WWII.
		This is the Austrailian Sheep Shearers' Hall of fame.
	www.traill.uiuc.edu /sheepnet/resources.cfm (1082 words)

	Irish Farmers Journal Interactive - 26 March 2005: Calling all sheep shearers
		New Chairman Andrew Corrigan from Wicklow and PRO/Secretary Declan Houlihane from Lorrha in Tipperary, along with the new ISSA Council have embarked on a campaign to raise the profile of sheep shearing in Ireland.
		The ISSA has about 110 members but the estimate of shearers is between 500 and 600.
		Sheep shearing can lie somewhere between a sport and hard work.
	www.farmersjournal.ie /2005/0326/farmmanagement/sheep/index.shtml (350 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Shrek the sheep faces his shearers
		A sheep in New Zealand has become something of a celebrity after dodging the shearers for six years.
		The 10-year-old merino sheep, nicknamed Shrek, is thought to have avoided his annual haircut by hiding in rock caves.
		Shearers estimate that Shrek's coat is so large it could provide enough merino wool to make more than 20 large suits.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3639315.stm (179 words)

	Meet the Jumbuck Barbers (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Shearers enjoy legendary status in Australia, and links to Australia’s vibrant and colourful shearing culture are prevalent in Australian contemporary life and language.
		Visitors meet the shearers, shedhands, sheep and dogs who work in the shearing and wool industries, and the experience is interactive, educational, entertaining, - and fun.
		Visitors can also experience first hand the stamina and training needed to shear a sheep, take on Jackie Howe’s legendary blade-shears record, see inside a working handpiece, take part in live shearing demonstrations several times daily, and more.
	www.shearoutback.com.au.cob-web.org:8888 (259 words)

	Amazon.ca: Pete the Sheep-Sheep: Books: Jackie French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When the other shearers insist that they must go, Shaun opens a salon in town, styling the sheep's wool in innovative ways.
		In this Australian import, three sheep shearers, Ratso, Big Bob, and Bungo, are proud of their sheepdogs, but their coworker, Shaun, has a new idea about the way to herd.
		Most of the fun in the ink-and-watercolor drawings comes from the expressions on the sheeps' faces--and, of course, their wild and wacky haircuts.
	www.amazon.ca /Pete-Sheep-Sheep-Jackie-French/dp/0002006030 (416 words)

	Sheep Shearing School, Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee
		The shearing school is designed for either beginner or experienced shearers who wish to improve their skills.
		Top sheep shearers will teach the most modern, up-to- date shearing methods.
		One of the most important aspect of the school is information about maintenance and care of sheep shearing equipment.
	animalscience.ag.utk.edu /sheep/sheepshe.htm (396 words)

	Sheep Breeders Directory: Sheep_Shearers
		The Sheep Shearers - 3rd generation sheep shearer with 12 years of experience.
		Andy Zettle Sheep Shearing - Professional sheep, goat, alpaca, and llama shearing.
		Jo Anne Noble - Shearing sheep, llamas and alpacas.
	www.nebraskasheep.com /directory/Sheep_Shearers (1102 words)

	Raising Sheep
		Sheep will require regular shearing, vaccination, deworming and hoof trimming.
		In many areas, professional sheep shearers will come to your property and perform these services for a small fee.
		These shearers are fairly expensive and require skill to operate.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/farming/23056/2 (253 words)

	Sheep answers 1 to 5, University of Missouri Extension
		It is important that I have access to a sheep-knowledgeable veterinarian, a shearer and a livestock auction.
		Although sheep may be found throughout Missouri, it is important to realize that there are not nearly as many sheep here as in your state.
		In fact, a real case can be made for this part of the state and southern Iowa having more sheep shearers per square mile than anywhere else in the country.
	muextension.missouri.edu /explore/qa/sheep0001.htm (554 words)

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