The oldest sheep in the world has died peacefully at the age of 23 (twice the normal life expectancy) on Monday at the farm at Lake Bolac, Australia.
Lucky endured a short illness after suffering in the country's recent heatwaves. She hit the Guinness record in 2007 and was a celebrity in her hometown of Lake Bolac, near Melbourne.
Lucky was hand-reared from birth after being abandoned by her mother. She went on to have 35 offspring of her own.
Owner Delrae Westgarth said: "It's a relief. She was good up to that first lot of heatwaves we had. But she went downhill a bit from then.
"We brought her into the shed where she was reared and put air conditioners on her. That kept her going a bit longer."
She added: "When she got too old we brought her into a paddock on her own so she could eat by herself, [and] so the other sheep wouldn't pinch all the tucker."
Lucky - who became toothless and arthritic in her old age - had been buried under her favourite nectarine tree, Mrs Westgarth added.
Earlier this month, a British pensioner's pet sheep, also named Lucky, was killed by a stray golf ball from a nearby course.
Via - BBC News
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