Shrek est un mouton mérinos néo-zélandais (2)

            Shrek est un mouton mérinos néo-zélandais, né le 27 novembre 1996 et euthanasié le 6 juin 2011, devenu célèbre en 2004 pour avoir disparu de sa ferme pendant six ans. 

Capturé le 15 avril 2004, le mouton a été tondu le 28 avril devant les caméras de télévision qui retransmettaient l'évènement en direct. Après six années sans tonte, sa toison était épaisse de près de 40 cm et pesait environ 27 kilos soit cinq fois plus qu'une toison moyenne. Elle contenait assez de laine pour confectionner une vingtaine de costumes.

Devenu une figure nationale — l'élevage ovin représente environ 35 millions de têtes de bétail dans ce pays, Shrek a été présenté en mai 2004 à Helen Clark, premier ministre du pays. Pour ses dix ans, il a été tondu sur un iceberg flottant au large des côtes de la Nouvelle-Zélande.

Sa notoriété est également utilisée à des fins caritatives.

Un livre, Shrek: The Story of a Kiwi Icon retraçant la vie de l'animal devenu une icône de son pays, a été écrit par John Perriam. Des livres pour enfants dont Shrek est le héros ont également été édité 

Shrek a été euthanasié le 6 juin 2011 à l'âge de 16 ans. Par la suite, il a été le sujet d'une exposition temporaire au musée national de la Nouvelle-Zélande d'octobre 2014 à juin 2015

Shrek (27 November 1994 – 6 June 2011) was a Merino wether (castrated male sheep) belonging to Bendigo Station, a sheep station near Tarras, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004, after he avoided being caught and shorn for six years. Merinos are normally shorn annually, but Shrek apparently hid in caves, avoiding muster. He was named after the fictional ogre in books and films of the same name.

After finally being caught on 15 April 2004, the wether was shorn by a professional in 20 minutes on 28 April. The shearing was broadcast on national television in New Zealand. His fleece contained enough wool to make 20 large men's suits, weighing 27 kg (60 lb) — an average Merino fleece weighs around 4.5 kg (9.9 lb), with exceptional weights up to around 15 kg (33 lb) 

Shrek became a national icon. He was taken to parliament to meet the then-New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in May 2004, to celebrate his 10th birthday. In November 2006, 30 months after his initial shearing. Shrek was shorn again, on an iceberg floating off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand

Shrek was euthanised on 6 June 2011 on a veterinarian's advice. He was 16

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