New Delhi: Baarack, a wild sheep wandering in the bushes of Australia, was found carrying a massive 35kgs of fleece on himself. The sheep was found by a member of the public who contacted the Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary near Lancefield, Victoria, about 40 miles north of Melbourne, according to the Mission’s Kyle Behrend.
According to Mission Kyle, Baarack didn’t have a haircut for more than five years. Behrend told the Today, “It would appear Baarack was once an owned sheep, he had at one time been ear-tagged, however these appear to have been torn out by the thick matted fleece around his face.”
“Sheep need to be shorn at least annually otherwise the fleece continues to grow and grow, as happened here,” said Behrend. After his shearing, Behrend said Baarack’s fleece was found to be 35.4 kilogrammes (or about 78 pounds) in weight.
His transformation video is going viral on social media:
“Whilst his hooves were in great condition from running over the rocks in the forest, he was in a bit of a bad way. He was underweight, and due to all of the wool around his face he could barely see”, Behrend added.
World Record
Even after the difficulties Baarack faced, he couldn’t beat the world record. The record for most fleece is 41kgs held by a sheep called ‘Chris’ who was found in the Australian capital, Canberra in 2015.