A shorn sheep has become an unlikely companion to orphaned rhinos – and playing a key role in their successful rehabilitation. Frank, described as a “professional rhino babysitter”, lives at Shamwari Private Game Reserve’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre (WRC). Lisa Horn, the centre’s
There is a “very high” probability that a new strain of bluetongue, a disease which can prove fatal to livestock, is being brought in through midges blown over from Europe, experts have warned. The illness mainly affects cattle and sheep, with symptoms
Excited to get stuck in and not afraid of meeting the farmyard animals, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh was “hands-on” at her latest royal engagement in Somerset at a ‘Field to Food Learning Day’ event. Dressed for the occasion in a long
Two students from a farming college have been arrested after a sheep was “blown up with a firework while still alive”. The incident at Plumstead College in West Sussex saw four students pick up the sheep and kick its head, before splitting
British farmers are at risk amid a row with Natural England over sheep numbers and their impact on their surroundings. National England is threatening to pull payments to farmers for protecting and restoring nature at Dartmoor National Park unless they reduce sheep
The ewe was rescued on Saturday after being stranded for two years 250ft down on the foot cliffs on the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands. But plans to move her to tourist attraction Dalscone Farm park near Dumfries triggered welfare campaigners.
Fiona, the nation’s loneliest sheep, is happily settling in at her new home after being smuggled in under cover of darkness to dodge protesters. The ewe was rescued on Saturday after being stranded for two years 250ft down on the foot cliffs
The world’s loneliest sheep has been finally rescued after being stuck on a rock for two years following an epic rescue mission. The sheep, earlier known as ewe, has been named Fiona by a group of volunteers who shared how they brought
An appeal has been launched to save a sheep dubbed Britain’s loneliest. Jill Turner, from Brora, said she first came across the ewe when kayaking with friends along the Moray Firth’s east Highland coast, in Scotland, two years ago. And two years
Over 30 sheep were killed after two dogs escaped from a garden in a horrifying attack. Footage released by police shows what the Warwickshire Rural Crime Team described as the “absolute carnage” officers found when they attended the scene near Stretton, Dunsmore.