A renegade New Zealand sheep that managed to evade the shearers for six years has finally had a haircut.

Shrek, the Merino sheep, was shorn live on national television by top shearers David Fagan and Peter Casserley.

The 10-year-old sheep had managed to roam freely on New Zealand's South Island for more than six years before being finally rounded up.

Shrek's giant fleece - possibly the largest ever - is to be auctioned off for children's medical charities.

Shrek went under the shearer's blade during a live half-hour news programme on TV New Zealand.

Correspondents said the contrast between the gigantic woolly mammal that entered the studio and the much leaner version that left could not have been greater.

Baaaaaa

So cute.

One news reporter actually asked the farmer "How did it survive on its own ,for so long?" . ....

Don't you need a University degree to be a journalist ....

I saw this on the news the other day...I remember, at one point, the reporter was speaking to the camera, with the sheep over their shoulder. From behind, it looked like a little craggy boulder with feet

It wasn't a sheep anyway...it was a sweater with a head, that had been put through the fluff cycle a few too many times.

LOL at Sera!!