As a compromise in an ongoing controversy over proper tail docking lengths on market lambs at the fair, a new rule this year should ease some of the tension for the young exhibitors while ensuring ...

CHEYENNE - A Wyoming State Fair regulation prohibiting extreme tail docking by youth who exhibit lambs was not put on the rule books at the Wyoming Secretary of State's Office and is therefore illegal ...

Docking the tail of lambs is a standard husbandry procedure and is achieved through several techniques including clamps, hot or cold knives and latex rings, the last of which is the most popular. All ...

Young bucks are castrated and docked in preparation for the coming summer. In this clip from "Sweetgrass," bucks are castrated, their tails are cut (docked), and the ends of their ears are cut to ...

DOUGLAS - To those unfamiliar with livestock competition, the length of a lamb's tail wouldn't seem to be an issue that would provoke controversy. But for some exhibitors at the Wyoming State Fair, it ...

DOUGLAS - Dozens of lambs - some of them award winners - were disqualified from competition at the Wyoming State Fair because their tails were cut too short, drawing criticism from both children who ...

DOUGLAS — Dozens of lambs — some of them award winners — were disqualified from competition at the Wyoming State Fair because their tails were cut too short, drawing criticism from both children who ...