New fleece on life! Cecil the sheep relieved of his record-breaking 38kg woolly coat... but how will he keep warm in winter?

  • Australian sheep named Cecil has had a 38 kilogram fleece shorn off
  • The sheep needed a major haircut after roaming in the bush for two years 
  • The 38kg fleece was just 3.1 kilograms short of the world record set in 2015

By Peter Devlin For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:06 EDT, 6 June 2017 | Updated: 03:11 EDT, 7 June 2017

An Australia sheep named Cecil has had a 38 kilogram fleece shorn off, almost breaking the world record.

The woolly sheep needed a major haircut after roaming in bush land near Launceston for about two years, ABC News reported.

The 38 kilogram fleece was just 3.1 kilograms short of the world record set in 2015.

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An Aussie sheep named Cecil has had a 38 kilogram fleece shorn off

An Aussie sheep named Cecil has had a 38 kilogram fleece shorn off

Shearer Susan Gunter (pictured) spent an hour and a half on Cecil- 10 times longer than it would take an average six kilogram fleece

Shearer Susan Gunter (pictured) spent an hour and a half on Cecil- 10 times longer than it would take an average six kilogram fleece

Cecil was rescued from the edge of a cliff at the bottom of a quarry at Heybridge in Tasmania earlier this month.

He was stuck there for a week without food and water because he was too heavy to climb back up.

Shearer Susan Gunter spent an hour and a half on Cecil- 10 times longer than it would take an average six kilogram fleece.

'Maybe he figured out the game was up and this might help him a lot,' she said. 

'The quality of the wool, it's beautiful. It's a lovely, lovely fleece really.'

The RSPCA is now looking for a permanent home for Cecil.

The RSPCA is now looking for a permanent home for Cecil

The RSPCA is now looking for a permanent home for Cecil

 

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