Culling sheep for their wool at Long Island Farm outside Stanley in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

Sheep being shorn at the Long Island sheep farm outside Stanley in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

A tour of the Long Island sheep farm outside Stanley in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

A sheep farmer shears one of his flock near Paeroa on the North Island of New Zealand, Pacific

Sheep shearing time, in August, on Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Preparing sheep for shearing, Burcei, Mount Sarrabus, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Demonstration of traditional sheep-shearing with clippers at Walter Peak, a famous old sheep station, western Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A farmer shearing a sheep, Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A farmer shearing a sheep, Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Jackie Howe Statue, Memorial to Jackie Howe, record-breaking sheep shearer Local hero, fastest shear in 1892, Matilda Highway, Queensland, Australia

Statue of a stockman outside the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame museum, museum dedicated to the history of the outback settlers such as explorers, sheep shearers stockmen, Longreach, Queensland, Australia

Stockman's Hall of Fame, museum dedicated to the history of the outback settlers such as explorers, sheep shearers stockmen, Maltilda highway, Longreach, Queensland, Australia

A sheep shearer holding a sheep and shearing the fleece with clippers, England

A man folding a sheep's fleece after shearing, England