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Since Shrek’s death, tributes have been pouring in online, including on the Facebook page “R.I.P Shrek the Sheep.” It grew and grew by the time he was finally shaved, the amount of fleece that fell away from his body weighed sixty pounds. Because of his isolation, his fleece was never shorn. Most sheep live for no more than six years before being slaughtered. Meet Shrek the sheep he became famous a little while back for hiding out in caves by himself for six years. Perriam said that as well as laying claim to being New Zealand’s woolliest sheep, Shrek may also have been its oldest. Shrek even had a personal caregiver look after him when he became sick, before the sheep was euthanized on Monday at age 17. Perriam gave him his own barn and showroom. “But from his point of view, it was the perfect environment.”Īfter Shrek became a star, Mr. “It’s bizarre that we missed him seven years in a row,” Mr. Perriam believes Shrek was able to survive the winters and avoid detection by moving about a series of sheltered caves and by munching on small native shrubs. Shrek was one of about 17,000 sheep on the the 27,000-acre (11,000-hectare) Bendigo farm in the small town of Tarras. In one appearance, Shrek was shorn atop a large iceberg that was floating near the South Island coast. Until becoming sick three weeks ago, Shrek toured the country, commanding $16,000 for appearances and getting the star treatment wherever he went.

“He was quite an elderly statesman,” said owner John Perriam. After his capture, Shrek was shorn on live TV in a broadcast that was picked up around the world. In a country where sheep outnumber people by nearly 10 to one, Shrek’s story of stubbornness and guile appealed to many.

That’s about five times a typically annual shearing from Shrek’s breed, the Merino sheep prized for some of the softest wool. This reminds me of John 10 when Jesus calls Himself a shepherd, and His followers are His sheep. For six years, Shrek carried six times the regular weight of his normal fleece Simply because he was away from his shepherd. When finally found, he was clad in an astonishing 60 pounds (27 kilogrammes) of wool. Most sheep have a fleece weighing just under ten pounds, with the exception reaching fifteen pounds, maximum. Shrek captured the public’s imagination in 2004 after he evaded the annual shearing roundups for the previous seven years by hiding in caves on his farm on the South Island. New Zealanders were mourning the loss of the country’s most famous sheep on Tuesday, a shaggy national icon named Shrek who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years.