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 shearing.

An official investigation into allegations of animal mistreatment has uncovered some "very concerning" instances documented within the video footage of an animal rights group exposé.

An animal rights group says it's glad MPI is taking action, but "history shows us that cases of animal abuse ... typically go unpunished".

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 ...

Animal rights protest group PETA is calling for Agriculture Minister Todd McClay to introduce legislation which would make it mandatory to have live-streaming web cameras in all New Zealand shearing ...

Two weeks ago, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released an exposé into 11 farms and shearing sheds ... showed workers standing on a sheep's neck, dragging sheep across the ...

That's the response from Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury meat and wool chairperson Ross Bowmar to the footage released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) of mistreatment of sheep ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA), on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Purdue ...

The 2025 European sheep shearing and wool-handling championships will be held at the Mountbellew Mart, Co. Galway over the June bank holiday weekend. Last year, Mountbellew hosted the 2024 All-Ireland ...

The 2025 European sheep shearing and wool-handling championships will be held at the Mountbellew Mart, Co. Galway over the June ...

Digger Balme in action shearing a sheep. Photo/Supplied. The annual Te Puna Speed Shear will take place this Saturday at the Point Ale House in Whakamārama, marking the event’s 24th year.