Abstract: An apparatus for the removal of hair from an animal. The apparatus includes a driven comb unit for collecting the hair and a housing for the comb within which the comb unit is arranged to be driven. The housing has an inlet which exposes the comb unit so that it can be moved through the hair of the animal, an outlet for the discharge of hair collected from the animal and an arrangement permitting connection of the outlet to a suction part.The comb unit comprises at least one comb which in turn comprises a comb spine to which are attached a plurality of fingers which are each tapered convergently towards tips thereof. Each finger being bent part way along its length. Each comb is mounted on a rotatable hub member in such way that each comb is substantially freely pivotally displaceable through an arc of movement for all rotary positions of the hub member.