NAMPA, Idaho (CBS2) — In the United States, there are fewer than five hundred professional sheep shearers. Those numbers are even smaller when looking at non-commercial shearers, posing a danger to the survival of small flocks and pets.
One Nampa man is hoping to help keep small flocks alive, one sheer at a time.
If nobody’s willing to come do two sheep and you can’t find somebody to shear these small pet flocks, they disappear,” said Stephen Lusk, owner of Lusk Family Sheering. “Then all that’ll be left are the big commercial outfits and nobody will be able to know the joy of owning sheep…