(KMJ) – This is “Chris.” He was a lost, overgrown sheep who was found in the Australian scrub-land. And, he was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding an astounding 89 pounds of wool. To put that in perspective, that is the equivalent of 30 adult sweaters.
Chris was rescued by the RSPCA on Wednesday and taken to Canberra, where he was shorn under anesthetic. It was needed as he was stressed by human company and because of the potential pain from the heavy fleece tearing skin as it fell away.
Now the Canberra RSPCA hopes to register the 89 pound, 3 ounce fleece with the Guinness Book of World Records.
The most wool sheared from a sheep in a single shearing is 63 pounds, 11 ounces taken from a wild New Zealand merino dubbed Big Ben in January last year, the Guinness World Records website said.
