New Zealand mourns Shrek the Sheep

New Zealanders are mourning the loss of the country’s most famous sheep – a shaggy national star called Shrek, who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years.

Shrek captured the public’s imagination in 2004 after he evaded the annual shearing round-ups for seven years by hiding in caves on his farm on South Island. When finally found, he was clad in an astonishing 27kg of wool.