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Shrek shorn of his celebrity

29/04/2004

A ten year old merino sheep has become an unlikely celebrity in his native New Zealand after spending six years ‘on the run’ in the country’s rugged Otago mountain range.  One consequence of his extended sojourn was the 15 inch long, 27kg (59lb) fleece he was carrying when he was found, and which was snipped off on prime time TV earlier this week.

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