This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

DONNELLY, S.D. -- O'Donald "Don" Simonson is the first to admit he can't actually "see" every detail on a sheep anymore. After 71 years as a professional in sheep shearing, Simonson, now age 87, has ...

As the sun rises over a feedlot in a northern corner of San Angelo on a late September morning; a large group of sheep, heavy with overgrown layers of wool, kicks up clouds of dust as they nervously ...

But at age 85, time has finally caught up to him. Though one habit will be harder to break: his annual visit to the Fraser ...

BUHL, Idaho (AP) — With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. "I did 266 sheep on my best day," said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been ...

What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

Masses of people gathered for the annual sheep-shearing celebration at Kelsey Creek Farm on April 27. The day consisted of various sheep activities including sheep shearing, sheep herding ...

A heated debate has erupted online over whether sheep shearing is ethical or exploitative. Alaina Wood (@itsthegarbagequeen), whose bio says she’s a sustainability scientist and climate activist, took ...