Shrek OT

Karen Chuplis wrote in message ...
in article , Bev at wrote on
4/28/04 10:13 PM:

Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made
world news.

http://www.odt.co.nz/ and click on read more.

I believe Shrek was shivering last night and they were worried about
him. He is nine years old and could be in shock from the loss of his
wool - we will have to hope he survives OK. I hasten to say that they
are looking after him very well. He is indoors with heaps of woollies
on. He is very lucky to have survived with so much wool weighing him
down - and I hate to think how much it would have weighed when wet. If
he had fallen over he would have become 'cast' and wouldn't have been
able to get up again. He also couldn't see because the wool was almost
completely over his eyes. They also sheared him with hand shears
instead of electric as with hand shears they can leave a lot of wool on
him. The poor darling! But the nice thing is that he will live out
the rest of his life as a celebrity sheep (if he survives).

Judging by the news reports a lot of overseas gals are falling for the
shearer lol.

Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.


I saw that on the news!! He was more wool than sheep!!

I thought he looked like a giant cauliflower.


BTW, why would removing the wool endanger him?

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:46:02 +0100, "Sheenah"
yodeled:


"Bev" wrote in message
...
Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made
world news.

He's featured today in the UK press :^)

Sheenah


His shearing apparently yielded 60 pounds of wool. Can you imagine
carrying all that around?



Theresa
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:46:02 +0100, "Sheenah"
yodeled:


"Bev" wrote in message
...
Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made
world news.

He's featured today in the UK press :^)

Sheenah


His shearing apparently yielded 60 pounds of wool. Can you imagine
carrying all that around?



Theresa
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

Sheenah wrote:

"Bev" wrote in message
...
Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made
world news.

He's featured today in the UK press :^)

Sheenah

Here's a bit more information. Shrek lives on a sheep station in the
high country of the South Island of New Zealand. Believe me, it is
rugged country covered in snow for a part of the year. Shrek missed
the muster for six years by hiding out in some caves in one of the
highest areas.
He is a very cunning sheep. You can just imagine six years of wool on
him - the fleece weighed about 20 odd kilos I believe. It must have
been a very solitary life for the wether (a castrated sheep). There is
not a lot of accessible feed up there and he had access to a small tarn
nearby.

About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there would be
an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool - remember
9 is old for a sheep! The first night after shearing the woman who
found him said he was shivering so badly with shock and cold that she
feared they might lose him even though they did everything to keep him
warm. However I believe that after 24 hours the lanolin present in a
sheep's wool kicks in. so hopefully Shrek will be OK after that.

I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for sale on
the internet (for charity, of course).

Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

Sheenah wrote:

"Bev" wrote in message
...
Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made
world news.

He's featured today in the UK press :^)

Sheenah

Here's a bit more information. Shrek lives on a sheep station in the
high country of the South Island of New Zealand. Believe me, it is
rugged country covered in snow for a part of the year. Shrek missed
the muster for six years by hiding out in some caves in one of the
highest areas.
He is a very cunning sheep. You can just imagine six years of wool on
him - the fleece weighed about 20 odd kilos I believe. It must have
been a very solitary life for the wether (a castrated sheep). There is
not a lot of accessible feed up there and he had access to a small tarn
nearby.

About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there would be
an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool - remember
9 is old for a sheep! The first night after shearing the woman who
found him said he was shivering so badly with shock and cold that she
feared they might lose him even though they did everything to keep him
warm. However I believe that after 24 hours the lanolin present in a
sheep's wool kicks in. so hopefully Shrek will be OK after that.

I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for sale on
the internet (for charity, of course).

Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

"Bev" wrote in message
...
snip
About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there
would be
an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool -
remember
9 is old for a sheep! The first night after shearing the woman who
found him said he was shivering so badly with shock and cold that
she
feared they might lose him even though they did everything to keep
him
warm. However I believe that after 24 hours the lanolin present in
a
sheep's wool kicks in. so hopefully Shrek will be OK after that.

I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for
sale on
the internet (for charity, of course).

Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.


Thank you Bev. Peter and I both hope that Shrek will be OK and that
for the rest of his life he will often think that he's in sheep heaven
:^)

Sheenah

"Bev" wrote in message
...
snip
About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there
would be
an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool -
remember
9 is old for a sheep! The first night after shearing the woman who
found him said he was shivering so badly with shock and cold that
she
feared they might lose him even though they did everything to keep
him
warm. However I believe that after 24 hours the lanolin present in
a
sheep's wool kicks in. so hopefully Shrek will be OK after that.

I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for
sale on
the internet (for charity, of course).

Bev
--
I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.


Thank you Bev. Peter and I both hope that Shrek will be OK and that
for the rest of his life he will often think that he's in sheep heaven
:^)

Sheenah

Bev wrote:

I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for sale on
the internet (for charity, of course).

Thanks for posting about him. On the news web sites, it seems like
I'm always either clicking on the national, business, or political
news tabs. In the mail, I just get Newsweek and Businessweek.
Interesting things like this seem to slip through the cracks!

Bev wrote:

I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for sale on
the internet (for charity, of course).

Thanks for posting about him. On the news web sites, it seems like
I'm always either clicking on the national, business, or political
news tabs. In the mail, I just get Newsweek and Businessweek.
Interesting things like this seem to slip through the cracks!

Sheenah, how are you!
Christine
"Sheenah" wrote in message
...

"Bev" wrote in message
...
Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made
world news.

He's featured today in the UK press :^)

Sheenah