Preserving a small flock of awassi sheep has given Michael Willis arguably as much pleasure as raising numbers of rare kiwi, kakapo and takahe. Awassis are milking sheep, but his breeding flock of 25 ...

Shortages of raw materials are impacting many sectors of Lebanon’s crisis-ridden economy. But two things it has in abundance are grazing pastures and Awassi sheep. Indigenous to Lebanon, Awassi sheep ...

Back in 2009, a group of Israeli researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from "day blindness". As its name implies, these sheep were blind during the day (in bright light) but could ...

A south-east Queensland livestock farmer has helped the Middle Eastern emirate of Qatar rebuilt its ailing Awassi sheep herd. Awassi are a particular breed of sheep, originally from the Arabian desert ...

In just its second year of operation, the business was forced to cancel bus bookings and private functions, with drop-in customers also turned away as owners Di and David Piggott looked to find ways ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. THE ownership of sheep genetic breeding stock is the unusual subject of a decade-long feud that ...

Why does Emanuel Exports still have an export license? The question was asked by Animals Australia earlier this month after footage on 60 Minutes showed conditions where thousands of sheep died on one ...

Footage from the Awassi Express released to 60 Minutes shows sheep crammed into dirty pens, panting from heat stress Animal welfare groups say shocking conditions shown in footage of the Australian ...

George Assaf sounds a wounded and wary note. Wounded, because the Lebanese-born Australian citizen says all he wants to do is create more wealth for New Zealand farmers who receive much less for their ...