Sad: Two famous animals pass away

[Evo]

First Queenie the water skiing elephant and now Shrek the hairy sheep have passed away in the last few days.

May they rest in peace.

Queenie, water-skiing elephant, dies at Ga. park

Queenie, an Asian elephant who gained fame by water skiing decades ago, died this week at the Georgia theme park where she had retired.

The 59-year-old elephant was euthanized Monday at the Wild Adventures theme park in Valdosta, Ga., park general manager Bob Montgomery said. The animal had suffered from declining quality of life and chronic health issues, The Valdosta Daily Times reported.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110603/ap_on_fe_st/us_water_skiing_elephant_dies

NZ mourns death of Shrek the famously shaggy sheep

New Zealanders were mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep Tuesday, a shaggy national icon named Shrek who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years.

Shrek captured the public's imagination in 2004 after he evaded the annual shearing roundups for the previous seven years by hiding in caves on his farm on the South Island. When finally found, he was clad in an astonishing 60 pounds (27 kilograms) of wool.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110607/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_famous_sheep_dies

 

[turbo]

Well, Shreck was one cagey critter - avoiding shearing round-ups for years. I can see why the Kiwis made a star of him.