Read more sheep stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13322/sheep.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:25:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63832/new-zealanders-wild-wooly-about-sheep-racing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA crowd of thousands is expected in a New Zealand town this weekend to watch teams of trained sheep race through the streets, the Telegraph reports. The organizer has been stunned by the nation's massive interest in the new sport of sheep racing and in his flock, the "Racing Baa...http://www.newser.com/story/63832/new-zealanders-wild-wooly-about-sheep-racing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 4:48:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63456/global-warming-shrinking-sheep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdd it to the list of weird things blamed on climate change: smaller sheep. Scientists say Scotland's warmer winters explain why a wild herd on an uninhabited northern island are a full 5% smaller than they were in the '80s, the BBC reports. The theory says that only big sheep...http://www.newser.com/story/63456/global-warming-shrinking-sheep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 8:19:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56657/banks-seize-herds-as-recession-hits-mongolia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProving the recession is truly global, banks in Mongolia are threatening to foreclose on herders’ goats, sheep, and camels, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mongolians call it a financial “zud,” a local term for unusually devastating winters. Falling cashmere prices stemming from the West’s recession—the high-end textile market shed...http://www.newser.com/story/56657/banks-seize-herds-as-recession-hits-mongolia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 10:05:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51868/new-enemy-in-climate-fight-methane-heavy-sheep-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig oil, coal-fired power plants, automakers and now sheep: As governments look to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, researchers are looking seriously at livestock, believed to contribute more than cars via the methane gas they belch during digestion, the Wall Street Journal reports. To that end, researchers in New Zealand are trying...http://www.newser.com/story/51868/new-enemy-in-climate-fight-methane-heavy-sheep-burps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 11:09:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47022/on-green-menu-roos-camels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralians are being advised to save the planet by eating kangaroos and camels. A study of Australia's 1 million wild camels, descendants of camels imported as pack animals, recommends that their numbers be culled by hunting them for food, AFP reports. A separate study suggests that kangaroos be farmed for...http://www.newser.com/story/47022/on-green-menu-roos-camels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 5:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29488/nz-farmers-gas-about-sheep-flatulence-pollution-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn its quest to be the first carbon-neutral country, New Zealand is cracking down on methane emissions--and that means regulating the gas released by livestock, the Los Angeles Times reports. Farmers are worried a government proposal to fine them if their livestock exceed greenhouse-gas limits could leave many bankrupt—a...http://www.newser.com/story/29488/nz-farmers-gas-about-sheep-flatulence-pollution-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Jun 2008 5:32:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8031/case-of-bluetongue-has-uk-farmers-on-high-alert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe discovery of bluetongue—an insect-borne illness that has killed livestock throughout Europe—in a cow on a rare breed farm in Britain yesterday was devastating news to a cattle industry already staggering from waves of foot-and-mouth outbreaks.Tests are underway to determine if England's first case had spread to...http://www.newser.com/story/8031/case-of-bluetongue-has-uk-farmers-on-high-alert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Sep 2007 9:26:17 CDT