However, some sheep breeds have naturally short tails, but even those point downwards. If you’ve ever come across goats before they you’ll have heard that they have a liking for eating pretty ...

Two farmers from north Wales will become the first in the UK to breed a type of sheep - that looks like a goat. Damara sheep, native to African countries, have large fatty hindquarters and little ...

Artificial insemination technology, currently used to improve breeds of cattle in the country, will now also be used for ...

County fairs are a little like beauty pageants for animals. The way we selectively breed goats and sheep has shaped the course of their evolution. When I moved to Minnesota from Denver ...

“The grazing land is zero,” said Cammarata, looking sadly at his ‘Girgentana’ goats. He and his fellow herders have sought to protect and nurture the local breed which is now threatened ...

The 15 goats will join a herd of Soay sheep which are already grazing on ... contacted the zoo based on its experience of working with the breed before. Ms Forsyth said: "We currently have around ...