There’s no shortage of sheep to count, either: 33 million or so across Britain, which is a quarter of the EU flock and 3% globally. And those 33 million woolly blobs, scudding like four-legged clouds ...

And arguably one of the cutest sheep breeds is the Shetland sheep, especially because it produces truly ink-black fleece. If ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A breed is a group of domestic animals with a uniform appearance, behavior, and other ...

David Medcalf went to the Wicklow Cheviot Sheep owners association sale at Carnew mart to find out what's so special about this breed, which has become part of the fabric of the garden county John ...

Image source, Church Farm Rare Breeds Centre Image caption, Daniel Holliday says their success in reducing lamb mortality was down to "some very boring, but very important rules" Mr Holliday added ...

A rare breeds centre claimed to have cut mortality ... The farm said it planned its breeding season for sheep so that lambs were born from early February to the end of April, which allowed ...