Kate Luke, co-fondatoare şi vicepreşedintă la Little Oak Sanctuary din Canberra, o fundaţie care oferă adăpost unui număr 180 de animale de fermă, a anunțat că animalul a murit pe Facebook, scrie BBC.
„Suntem devastaţi de pierderea acestui suflet prietenos, dulce şi înţelept. Chris deţinea recordul mondial pentru cea mai grea lână”, a precizat organizaţia.
Oaia fusese descoperită în 2015, la marginea capitalei australiene Canberra, luptându-se să meargă sub greutatea lânii sale, care nu mai fusese tunsă de peste cinci ani.
Cantitatea de lână pe care o purta animalul cântărea 40,45 de kilograme, aproape dublu faţă de cele 28,9 kilograme ale lui Big Ben, o oaie din Noua Zeelandă, deţinătoare a recordului anterior, potrivit Agerpres.
După ce povestea lui Chris a devenit cunoscută, sute de oameni s-au oferit voluntari să o adopte, iar blana ei a fost expusă la Muzeul Național din Australia.
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