the sheep was carefully shorn by master sheerer ian elkins. >> the sheep was mildly sedated, so it made it comfortable. and then we sort of had to break it open, and shear the fleece off in a couple of layers. because the weight of the fleece was pulling against the skin. >> is esmated the eep s around yea oldnd h never been shorn before. the sheep yielded over 40 kilograms of wool, breaking the world record of 27 kilograms set by a sheep in new zealand in 2004. >> i just went back and looked at him. he's doing fine. in fact, i think he's a new man. not only half the size, but his personality has already changed. >> rspca officials say they plan to nominate the sheep for recognition by guinness world records. >>> that's all we have for now on "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. thank you for watching, and have a good day. sssssssw????????????? hello, and welcome to a winged edition of "global 3000." the wings this questioare tiny, but the passion they evoke is immense. find out what that's all about later on in the show where we have the following topics coming up -- welcome to istanb