Chris - Australian Legend R.I.P.
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:49 amChris (July 2010 – 22 October 2019) was a Merino ram who gained international fame in September 2015 after being shorn of a record amount of wool 40.45 kilograms (89.2 lb) in Canberra, Australia. Chris was named after a sheep character in the Irish sitcom Father Ted (specifically from the episode "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep") by local Bonner resident Sue Dowling, who spotted the sheep wandering in a paddock near the Bonner district in Canberra.
