Cecil the sheep has a new fleece on life.
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The five-year-old sheep received his first shave on Tuesday, after he was found neglected and stranded on a ledge at Heybridge last week.
RSPCA chief inspector Ray Kroeze said Cecil did not look like he had been shorn in his lifetime.
Sheep should be shorn at least once a year, he said.
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The excess fleece had hampered his movement, leaving him unable to walk properly.
Cecil trotted around his pen 38 kilograms lighter after he was relieved of his thick and matted fleece. The average sheep fleece is five to six kilograms.
His new makeover might leave him chilly to start with, Mr Kroeze said he would recover quickly.
“We hope to find a nice home for him.”
