Thursday, September 09, 2004

World Record: Most Sheep Sheared

Always liked shearing sheep at your local pet farm?
Well here's a challenge, try to beat the world record of sheep shearing in 24 hours.

In a 24-hour shearing marathon, New Zealand's Alan MacDonald and Keith Wilson machine-sheared 2,220 sheep at Warkworth, Auckland Province, New Zealand. The "Shearathon" commenced at 1 pm on 25 June 1988 and concluded at 1 pm on 26 June 1988. Their efforts raised more than $10,000 (NZ) for the Home and Neighborhood Trust.

That's whole lotta wool for your knit-o-matic!

1 comment:

Youssouf said...

Hopefully only to cuddle and pet them, not to eat them??