The study is based on the results of a second round of wool testing at the Wellington solar farm, in New South Wales, which has shared its site with 1,700 merino sheep for the past three years.

Your wool jumper, however, is probably made from the fleece of Merino sheep, which may well come ... this country 200 years ago," she says at her farm near Tiverton in Devon.

LEADING ethical wool marketer, the New Zealand Merino Company, has suspended two farms from its ZQ program after anti-wool activist group PETA released video footage of alleged cruel treatment of ...

NEW Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries could prosecute and disqualify individuals from working with animals following its investigations into PETA claims of sheep mistreatment during ...

Since then, their farm, with 3,600 Merino-cross sheep plus a mixed-breed coloured flock, has been transformed into an internationally-known producer of high quality organic wool, which they sell ...

The New Zealand Merino Company says it will investigate claims of animal cruelty by an animal rights group - and could expel farms from its ethical wool accreditation programme if it finds they've ...

In a summary of the investigation published on its website, Peta alleged animals sustained injuries and wounds, claimed ...

"The findings suggest that the co-location of solar farming with sheep grazing is not negatively impacting wool production." ...

Chris the sheep ... wool. A life-saving haircut followed, with a shearer removing 41.1kg (88lb) of fleece - later confirmed to be a world record. On Tuesday, his carers at a New South Wales farm ...