A FLOCK of sheep went shopping at the weekend – to promote the benefits of wool. They swapped their field in the countryside for a day out in the town, perusing the shelves at Barkers department ...

But now nursery rhymes such as Baa, Baa, Black Sheep have gone woke – with the words changed to reflect a kinder attitude towards animals. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, which parents and teachers sing ...

In ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’, three full bags of wool are distributed to the narrator’s “master”, a dame, and a little boy who lives down the lane. On the surface it’s a simple tale. It’s believed the ...

Those doing the stampeding were not eager spectators, but sheep – herded in unknown quantities past the competitors. For Saturday 14 September – and mark that date, sports historians – saw ...

His name is Tianjiu, a sheep whose name has hogged headlines in the mainstream media, and whose photograph went viral on the Internet. The 2.5-year-old animal is famous because he is wearing a ...

Her plan to use sheep for mowing the lawn ended in chaos with escaping livestock, indoor invasions and a chicken coop raid ...

In 2006, two private nurseries alerted the song to go: Baa, Baa Rainbow Sheep, with the word “black” being changed to other adjectives like happy, sad, hopping, and pink. In 2014, the ...

"We sing Baa Baa Black Sheep and Baa Baa White Sheep because that's reality, that's what the children see in the fields and it encourages them to look around them," said Jill Edge, from the Sunshine ...

At least the scoreline wasn’t so big as to make the Baa-baas lambs to the slaughter. As sporting spectacles go, ewe couldn’t ...