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澳大利亚绵羊在外流浪5年一次剪下35公斤羊毛

Sheep do not normally make news, but a video of a sheep with a huge amount of hair in Australia has been popular on social media. The sheep had gone wild years ago. Someone found him 60 kilometers north of Melbourne. The person contacted Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary near Lancefield, Victoria. The sanctuary rescues and takes care of animals that are lost or abandoned.

The rescuers named the sheep Baarack. Kyle Behrend is the communications manager at the Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary. “It seems that Baarack was once an owned sheep,” said Behrend. He had belonged to an owner before since he had a mark on his ear called a tag, but it seemed to have been torn out by the thick wool around his face.

Sheep’s hair, called wool, needs to be cut every year, Behrend said. If it is not, the wool grows out of control and becomes very heavy. This was the first time that Baarack’s hair had been cut in many years. Shearers(剪羊毛者) removed 35 kilograms of wool from the sheep.

Behrend said, “Baarack’s feet were in great condition from running over the rocks in the forest. He was underweight, and because of all of the wool around his face he could hardly see.” Baarack is now staying with other rescued sheep at the sanctuary, Behrend said.

澳大利亚绵羊在外流浪5年 一次剪下35公斤羊毛

澳大利亚绵羊在外流浪5年一次剪下35公斤羊毛