In 2005 Shrek became a beloved celebrity in New Zealand after he spent six years evading capture and growing to a tremendous size. During this time the newly named Shrek had gown. He was underweight and, due to all of the wool around his face, he could barely see.”īaarack is the latest in a long line of very large and woolly sheep to make international headlines. Discovered in a cave in Otago, New Zealand, the merino sheep had successfully evaded muster for six years. “He had at one time been ear-tagged, however these appear to have been torn out by the thick, matted fleece around his face,” Behrend said. There was a sheep in New Zealand who, by hiding in caves, successfully avoided being shorn for 6 consecutive years. This is a gallery-quality gicle art print on 100 cotton rag archival paper. this is shrek the sheep and here is his official blog Sherk The Sheep Official by dreamonpowell. The hirsute ovine was found near Lancefield in Victoria, and rescuers said he had “eked out an existence” eating small shoots of grass. I learned about this today and am immediately sharing because I love it that much. Visual artist and vegan from Latvia, fascinated by nature and animals. Merino sheep do not shed their fleece and need to be shorn at least annually, as their wool continues to grow. Kyle Behrend, from the Edgar’s Mission farm sanctuary, told Reuters that it appeared Baarack was “once an owned sheep” who had escaped. The merino ram, dubbed Baarack by rescuers, was discovered wandering alone with an extraordinarily overgrown wool coat, and was promptly shorn to save his life. A rogue overgrown sheep found roaming through regional Australia has been shorn of his 35kg fleece – a weight even greater than that of the famous New Zealand sheep Shrek, who was captured in 2005 after six years on the loose.

Shrek the sheep