'World's oldest sheep' dies in Australia heatwave

Despite her best efforts to nurse Lucky through the searing heat, owner Delrae Westgarth said the ewe died Monday aged 23 years, six months and 28 days at the farm in Victoria state where she was born.

“We brought her into the shed where she was reared and put air conditioners on her, which kept her going a bit longer, but unfortunately she didn't make the 23 years and 7 months,” Westgarth told public broadcaster ABC.

Lucky was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest sheep in September 2007, then aged 21 years, five months and was something of a celebrity in her 250-person hometown of Lake Bolac, west of Melbourne.

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