AUSTRALIA An Australian animal shelter sheared off a 78-pound fleece from a rescue sheep that had been roaming in the wild for several years, rescuers said.
The overburdened sheep, named Baarack, had been found wandering in the rugged Victorian bushland by a property maintenance man who took it to Edgar s Mission in Lancefield, Victoria, in early February, the shelter said.
In the video filmed by staff at Edgar s Mission on February 5, Baarack struggles to balance himself under the weight of his matted and dirty fleece. This is a good place to be, ole mate, a man is heard telling the sheep.
Rogue Australian Ram Produces 78 Pounds of Wool
Sometimes a new haircut can make you feel like a new person. Imagine the relief when Baarack the Merino ram was shorn of an amazing 78 pounds of overgrown wool! Look closely at the image above, that s not some well camouflaged Army sniper, that s a sheep.
According to the story in the The Guardian, the rogue ram was spotted running wild and reported to Edgar s Mission, an animal sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.
The folks from Edgar s Mission tracked him down, captured him and named him Baarack. Once they got him back to the mission they set up a long overdue appointment with some clippers.
Wild sheep rescued in Victoria has 35kg of fleece shorn off
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A wild sheep rescued in Victoria has its massive fleece shorn off for the first time in years.
(Courtesy: Edgar s Mission)
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A wild and ailing sheep found in Victoria, and named Baarack by rescuers, has yielded a fleece weighing more than 35 kilograms nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo.
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Baarack was found near Lancefield, underweight and struggling to see