Australian Victorians once witnessed a sheep wandering in the wild. Not only was the health worrying, but they also grew thick wool, which caused serious burden on the body.

A animal protection organization in Victoria, Australia rescued a sheep that had been wandering in the wild for many years.

Australian Victorians once witnessed a sheep wandering in the wild. Not only was the health worrying, but they also grew thick wool, which caused serious burden on the body. After learning about it, a local animal protection organization finally found the poor sheep and helped it shave off 26 kilograms of wool.

Currently, the rescued sheep has recovered from health and is taken in and cared for by the animal protection organization and named it Victoria.

About four years ago, a local named Vicki first discovered the sheep, when he was wandering in the wild with seven other sheep. However, as time went by, only Victoria was left alone.

"As its wool grow longer and thicker, I don't know how long this poor animal can live," Vicky said in a statement released by Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary.

When Edgar Charity Shelter Farm learned about this, their rescue team agreed to launch a rescue. The nonprofit had launched a rescue operation in Australia's hot summer (December to February); but finding the wandering sheep proved not easy.

However, the rescue team of 18 members did not give up. They decided to try rescue again in the foggy and windy mountainous areas in the cold June (winter).

"This is indeed the most difficult rescue we have ever had," Pam Ahern, director and founder of the Shelter Farm, said in a statement. "We knew this would be our last chance to find this poor sheep, so we went all out. Our 18 rescuers were divided into groups, with reconnaissance personnel stationed in a strategic location in rugged terrain."

Five hours later, the "tired but happy" team successfully carried the sheep down the mountain on a stretcher.

When rescuers arrive at the shelter farm, the first thing they need to do is to ask professional local shearers to help trim its dirty and thick wool. Because the wool was covered with urine, branches and bugs, sheared her hair for an hour and finally shaved 26 kilograms of wool from Victoria.

Now Victoria has reborn and lives a safe and free life on a 153-acre sheltered farm that provides lifelong care for more than four hundred rescued animals.

"I am proud of our team, whose tenacious perseverance has changed the fate of this abandoned animal. With such heavy wool on his back, it certainly can't survive another winter," said Aheng.