↑ 'Dunedin-Shrek the sheep shorn again on an iceberg'.

↑ 'Shrek the sheep has close shave on ice'.

3 This mans name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.

↑ 'Southland Shrek's sheep romance fizzles'. SHREK THE SHEEP & OTHER OGRES by Pastor Mike Fortune J.

↑ Merino stud ram listed (p 3) with fleece weight of 16.2 kg.

↑ 2002 Australian wool production survey, giving (p.

↑ 'NZ's famous sheep gets TV haircut'.

↑ 'Hermit sheep 'Shrek' shorn of 6-year-old woolly fleece'.

Sonny Wool, psychic sheep of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

While treatment was available, it was cost intensive, and as such obviated. Shrek was euthanised on 6 June 2011 on the request of his owner after the animal had entered a convalescent state for three weeks.

Shrek was shorn again, on an iceberg floating off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand. Shrek became famous after escaping his enclosure and evading the shearers for six years by hiding in caves. He was taken to parliament to meet the then-New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in May 2004, to celebrate his 10th birthday In November 2006, 30 months after his initial shearing. Shrek was a Merino sheep, a castrated male, belonging to South Island, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004 owing to his gigantic coat of fleece. His fleece contained enough wool to make 20 large men's suits, weighing 27 kg (60 lb) - an average Merino fleece weighs around 4.5 kg (9.9 lb), with exceptional weights up to around 15 kg (33 lb). The shearing was broadcast on national television in New Zealand. Īfter finally being caught on 15 April 2004, the wether was shorn by a professional in 20 minutes on 28 April.

He was named after the fictional ogre in books and films of the same name. This reminds me of John 10 when Jesus calls Himself a shepherd, and His followers are His sheep. Newspaper and television reporters were keen to tell the story. For six years, Shrek carried six times the regular weight of his normal fleece Simply because he was away from his shepherd. The story of Shrek the sheep is known by lots of people. Merinos are normally shorn annually, but Shrek apparently hid in caves, avoiding muster. Most sheep have a fleece weighing just under ten pounds, with the exception reaching fifteen pounds, maximum.

Shrek (27 November 1994 – 6 June 2011) was a Merino wether ( castrated male sheep) belonging to Bendigo Station, a sheep station near Tarras, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004, after he avoided being caught and shorn for six years.