Sheep News

A new research report indicates that a key building block in the Schmallenberg virus, which causes birth defects and stillbirths, could be a suitable target for anti-viral drugs.

Galloway - A sheep has survived after being buried alive in a snow drift for eleven days. Stuart Mactier, a farmer from south-west Scotland, rescued the pregnant sheep with a digger after it had been buried alive it heavy snow.

Researchers have developed a safer vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease by reproducing the protein shells found on the disease-causing virus.

Paris - The city of Paris is to begin an experiment this April using sheep as a replacement for lawnmowers. Ultimately, it may result in some of the French capital’s most famous parks and open spaces being tended by sheep rather than mechanical means.

With French farmers and environmentalists at odds over increasing numbers of wolves killing more sheep, a plan to capture and tag problem predators, 'educating' the beasts into avoidance or identifying them for quicker elimination, is up for discussion.

Dunwich - What do you do, if you are a young, lost and lonely red deer? Tag along with a herd of sheep and have the shepherd adopt you.

Sydney - Target 100 is a commitment to deliver sustainable cattle & sheep farming in Australia by 2020. On 17 and 18 December a virtual farm was set up in the heart of Sydney’s central business district to promote the initiative.

Madrid - The streets of Madrid saw an entirely different protest on Sunday, as thousands of sheep and other farm animals blocked traffic in the annual "trashumancia", or transhumance event.

A sheep born with its head positioned the wrong way round is living happily on a farm somewhere in the United Kingdom countryside.

Beijing - Researchers in China have created a genetically modified sheep containing more healthy fats. The research is aimed at creating genetically altered farm animals which could be reared to produce more healthy meat alternatives.