A wild sheep found wandering the wilderness of the Australian bush has been sheared of a huge 35-kilogram coat after an estimated five years of unchecked growth.
Struggling under a filthy fleece caked with years of mud and tangled debris, Baarack was spotted in a Victorian state forest and taken to an animal rescue sanctuary north of Melbourne, the group said on Facebook earlier this month.
"I couldn't believe there was actually a sheep alive under all of that wool," Pam Ahern, founder of Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary, told Nine News.
The sheep's matted coat had been growing uncut for close to five years, Ms Ahern estimated.
"I think he has been a cheeky little rascal of a young lamb who's just wandered off and never came back."
Updated: February 27, 2021, 6:05 AM