Chris the merino sheep made global headlines after being found wandering alone outside Australia's capital Canberra with masses of wool sagging from its frame An Australian sheep that entered the ...

Chris the sheep, a merino famed for once being discovered with the world's heaviest fleece, has died in Australia. The animal generated global attention in 2015 after being spotted in the wild ...

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What is merino, exactly? Merino is an exceptionally fine and soft wool derived from a hardy breed of sheep called – wait for it – the merino, which is indigenous to the Atlas Mountains in ...

1797: Merino sheep introduced to Australia. Captain Henry Waterhouse and Lieutenant William Kent brought 26 merino sheep in 1797 from the Cape of Good Hope, in present-day South Africa, to Port ...

AUSTRALIA’S latest sheep producer sentiment survey points to only a small reduction in the national lamb turn-off next year ...

INTERGENERATIONAL dedication and excellent preparation of quality Saxon wool has won the prestigious Vitale Barberis Canonico Wool Excellence Award for Victorian superfine growers, the Linke family at ...

Chris’s remarkable story of survival made news around the world, so when he was rescued and finally shorn by champion shearer ...

And Mr West said the merino was the breed for the job. "As a multi-purpose sheep, the merino has been in Australia for a very ...