Croatia Croatian left counting sheep after scoring spree (REUTERS) 27 Apr 2007 A Croatian third division footballer got the shock of his life when he saw a flock of sheep waiting for him at work. A clubspokesman said: "We are a very small club unable to entice another sponsor so we were delighted when Bralic offered sheep as support. Ivica Supe, a 29-year old playing for part-timers NK Zagor, has been given 16 sheep bylocal shepherd Josko Bralic as a bonus for the 16 goals he has scored...

Owned for generations by the Dawson family, the sheep farm in Schuyler was originally 300 acres, but is now roughly 80 acres. Since the Century Farm program was started in 1997, 881 farms across Virginia have earned the designation, which includes a metal sign to hang outside the farm and a certificate signed by the governor and commissioner of agriculture. Though the agriculture department does not track how many acres have been lost among Virginia's historic farmers, farmland in general...

Goat farmers, milk processors, 4-H leaders, Extension agents and others interested in goats should plan to attend five goat farm field days scheduled across the state in the coming months. The specific focus of each field day will vary but most will cover aspects of goat herd health and nutrition. Field days are a great opportunity to ask questions, share information and learn how different farms operate. The day will focus on kid-raising and general goat herd nutrition with a special...

Idol said the goat had "just been cruising the neighborhood," for months, indiscriminately munching on all manner of vegetation. Tuesday when he saw the goat huddled down in the crevice of a red-dirt embankment, about an 8-foot drop from the cliff above. After prowling the Pine Forest Road neighborhood near Browns Bridge for months, ravaging any garden in his path and eluding animal control officers, the black and white billy goat with the massive set of horns was spotted by boaters...

The goodness of goats E-mail this page E-mail a letter to the editor Reader Comments (below) By ALAN CROWELL Staff Writer Sunday, April 29, 2007 enlarge Staff photo by Jim Evans Abby Pirri plays with her parent's goats during the Sherman Farm's goat enterprise open house Saturday in Fairfield. The goodness of goats E-mail this page E-mail a letter to the editor Reader Comments (below) By ALAN CROWELL Staff Writer Sunday, April 29, 2007 enlarge Staff photo by Jim Evans Abby Pirri plays with...

We just couldn't resist the funny picture that showed a lamb made to look like a puffy poodle -- though we did note that it was a "supposed" lamb poodle. We figured there was something just too-good-to-be-true about the fake poodles story that appeared yesterday in Britain's Sun newspaper. Perhaps we shouldn't have been so quick with the lamb-poodle stories. No one, to our knowledge, is peddling lambs groomed to look like poodles. As the debunkers at Snopes say, "this sounds like yet...