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Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Catherine - 09-05-2015
You have to look at the picture of this sheep. It is unbelievable. He has been lost for some time and has probably never been shorn. He could hardly walk there was so much wool. He could hardly handle the weight of it. A normal sheep of this type produces 11 pounds of wool. This one produced 89 pounds.
http://nypost.com/2015/09/03/this-lost-overgrown-sheep-produced-30-sweaters-worth-of-wool/
I bet he feels like a new sheep with all that weight gone. I wonder if they can track the original owner. I still hope he is adopted as a pet sheep.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - LPC - 09-06-2015
I read about this on the BBC site. Shearing is actually necessary for a sheep's welfare. In hot countries they can even pass over from being overheated. It is important, though, that the shearing be done carefully and without hurting the sheep.
I'm glad that this sheep is now happier and healthier, and let's hope he gets a really good home.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Catherine - 09-06-2015
I have never seen a sheep that was so woolly. Their wool just keeps on growing like some dogs doesn't it. I can see why they need sheering.
I can see how a sheep would overheat with so much wool.
The poor sheep must have wondered what to do.
I am glad he was treated to a gentle sheering. Sheep are such gentle creatures. I think he will be adopted to a hobby farm when he will live out his life in peace. It is a real happy ending.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Cibach - 09-06-2015
Poor thing! You could hardly recognise it as a living creature before it was shorn!
He must feel so much better now.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Catherine - 09-07-2015
Can you imagine what it was like to find him. The person must have wondered at first what it was.
I am glad it all worked out.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Tobi - 09-08-2015
Oh that poor sheep! I am glad it was taken good care of in the end.
Shearing is necessary, but should be done with more care and consideration than is usual when sheep are sheared. It is often done in a hurry and quite brutally.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Catherine - 09-08-2015
In this case they had to be very careful, but I would wish they would be careful with every sheep they sheer.
I am sure when they first started shearing sheep they were careful because each sheep was valuable. Now we think of animals as disposable.
This very woolly sheep stands out as a unique individual.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Ruth - 11-17-2015
Wow that is a wooly sheep!! I'm surprised it could even walk. The poor thing!
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Catherine - 11-17-2015
I think the sheep was finding it hard to walk. I can't imagine how it could have survived if it had not been rescued when it was.
RE: Lost sheep produces 89 pounds of wool. - Ruth - 11-19-2015
I agree.