tabloid The Sun, Japanese police have shut down a devious online enterprise accused of charging customers $1,200 for "poodles" that turned out to be sheep. One of the alleged victims was actress Maiko Kawakami, who didn't realize she'd been scammed, supposedly, until she displayed pictures of her fluffy new pet on TV and found out it was actually a lamb. If your myth detector is beeping, it's for very good reason. No sooner had this story made the international rounds than some news...

In Australia, the great majority of sheep are raised for the wool industry or bred for lamb for the food industry. Warmbat Australia has changed its manufacturing processes and will introduce its Eco-Friendly Sheepskin to the fashion footwear market later this year, marking the first time such a product has been used in the industry. Dayton - DAYTON -- At a time when global environmental awareness and activism has never been higher, the world s fastest growing brand of Australian sheepskin...

The actress today denied foreign media reports that she had been the victim of a scam by tricksters importing lambs from Australia and Britain to sell as poodles to thousands of unsuspecting rich Japanese women. The British tabloid The Sun reported that the scam came to light after Kawakami complained on a television talk show that her new poodle refused to bark or eat dog food and that she was devastated when told it was a lamb. She was just recounting on television how she had heard of...

The Joan of Arc line is enjoying such great success with the new product line launch that the company anticipates stepping up their distribution so that the goat cheese logs and goat cheese brie can be offered in increasing numbers of retailers across the country. Now we have extended the popular Joan of Arc line to include some great new products goat cheese brie and goat cheese logs that come in four flavors. dBusinessNews :: Daily Business News Delivered to Your Desktop. The Joan of Arc...

Though rams and ewes can mate throughout the year, lambs born in spring can feed outdoors off grass, the farm's cheapest source of animal food, said farm worker Mike Huels. If mother ewes have full coats of wool, they may stand out in cold and rainy weather longer with shivering lambs, which always stay close to their mothers, he said. The ewe held between Dave Trotter's legs was being shorn of her wool after recently giving birth to a lamb. The shearing, which takes about a half-hour per...

Goat meat is better than pork, chicken better than goat, fish better than chicken, crustaceans better than fish. The researchers, from both the Asian and Western schools, say that external causes are related to a person s mode of life, which revolves around his or her dietary habits, physical activity and mental state. But how come we have yet to reach those limits? The answer from the World Health Organisation is that death occurs less often as a result of aging than of physical and...