RSPCA urgently seeks sheep shearer

IF YOU’VE ever put off a haircut for a little too long, you’ll relate to this very woolly sheep. His fleece is so out of control the RSPCA put out an urgent call for help.

The RSPCA is urgently searching for a shearer to attend to a sheep it found near Canberra.

A WILDLY overgrown sheep has been found in the ACT and desperately needs a trim.

RSPCA ACT put a call-out for a shearer to help it shave the woolly merino, which it rescued near Canberra today.

RSPCA ACT chief executive Tammy Ven Dange told news.com.au that the organisation found the sheep near the Mulligans Flat area after a public tip-off last week.

The organisation has now found a champion shearer, Ian Elkin, to give the sheep a trim, a potentially dangerous operation.

“We don’t know if the sheep will survive, he may have to be sheared multiple times and may have underlying health problems. This could put him in shock which we want to avoid,” Ms Van Dange said.

Because the sheep has not be shorn for so long, the wool could be hiding serious infections, which could have attracted flies and maggots. The wool may also have stopped the sheep from going to the toilet properly.

“We can’t see anything at the moment because of the amount of wool on him,” she said.

She said that the organisation would take all precautions to ensure the sheep was sheared successfully and a veterinarian would also supervise.

While the RSPCA was hoping to find someone to perform the shearing today, Ms Ven Dange said it was likely it would happen tomorrow instead.

We need help from a sheerer to save this big Merino or if you can at least lend us the tools. Please call @rspcaact pic.twitter.com/Pnsfqm6czu

— Tammy Ven Dange (@tvendange) September 2, 2015