Forever Friends Animal Rescue and a group of animal lovers helped Sugar the sheep get a long-overdue haircut ... grown out over the past five years was sheared off. The excess fleece removed ...

Shearing is a necessary practice, and doesn’t typically hurt sheep — it’s just like getting a haircut. Wool continues to grow if not shorn, making the sheep uncomfortable. It can even lead ...

It's New Zealand versus Wales in a best of three test series that gets underway this weekend, no not the oval ball; we're talking sheep shearing. The first clash is at the Waimarino Shears in Raetihi.