Question

Removing the fleece from the sheep does not hurt them explain why

Answer 1

Australia's national shearing champion has had to be urgently called in after a heavily overgrown sheep was found wandering near the capital Canberra.

Ian Elkins responded after animal welfare officials warned the life of the merino sheep could be in danger because it was so woolly.

Sheep can develop serious health issues if they are not regularly shorn.

The animal - believed to be male - was "four-to-five times its normal size," welfare official Tammy Ven Dange said.

"It's definitely one of the biggest sheep we've ever seen," Ms Ven Danger, head of the RSPCA in the Australian Capital Territory, was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.