New Zealanders were mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep Tuesday, a shaggy national icon named Shrek who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years. Shrek captured the public's ...

We can learn from Shrek’s trek. This wayward sheep ran away from his owner in New Zealand six years ago and wandered the high country, living in caves. While away from the fold, Shrek grew an amazing ...

The claim: A sheep hid in the mountains for six years and grew 60 pounds of wool, which protected him from wolves A post on Facebook claims one sheep’s story makes him stand out from the herd. “This ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian champion ...

The most famous sheep in New Zealand, Shrek, notorious for not being shorn for years, died Tuesday. Shrek had avoided the annual shearing day for seven years on his farm on the South Island of New ...

New Zealanders were mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep Tuesday, a shaggy national icon named Shrek who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years. Shrek captured the public's ...

Shrek, the woolliest sheep in New Zealand and possibly the world, has died at age 16. The merino sheep became world famous after it escaped its enclosure on a South Island farm and hid out in a cave ...

File photo: Shrek the merino sheep is unloaded from a van by musterer Danny Devine (L) and Shrek's owner John Perriam before a charity function in Cromwell on April 28, 2004. Shrek, New Zealand's most ...