Sheep rescued from 40kg fleece
A bushwalker enjoying a walk along a mountain top came across a sheep burdened by its heavy 40kg fleece.
The sheep, named Alex, was found on Mt Alexander in Victoria unable to walk and could hardly lift his head.
The walker contacted Edgar’s Mission who came and rescued the sheep who was in a “worse state of health”.
"So weak was he that he could not stand. Not even when assisted to do so, and struggle we did to find a passage in through his felt-like fleece to administer life-enhancing fluids,” the rescuers wrote on Facebook.
"Truth be told, too, we wondered at first blush with Alex: Could his life even be saved, and would the kindest thing have been to let him pass from this world?
“And then we lifted the shroud of wool from his face and our eyes met, and in that instant, it was so strikingly clear he wanted to live.”
Alex was taken back to the sanctuary where his fleece which was “sodden with rain, urine, twigs, bark, beetles and maggots” was removed.
”A fleece so matted and dense that at first it stubbornly refused to cede to the shears,” they revealed.
“But somehow it miraculously did. All 40 kg of it!”
Alex will remain at the sanctuary for the rest of his hopefully long life.
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