Lurch is an African Watusi steer that is somewhat of an international celebrity. He is the Guinness Record holder for the largest circumference of horns of any animal in the world. You have to see it to believe it and even then it’s still hard to comprehend. Lurch’s inclusion in Guinness has drawn visitors from around the globe including Viet Nam, Kenya, the UK, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Canada and Germany as well most of the 50 US states to visit him at Rocky Ridge Refuge in Gassville, AR. He has appeared in six separate segments on thee different networks in Japan and recently appeared in the pages of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Lurch was born October 11, 1995 on a Watusi ranch in Missouri. Janice Wolf adopted Lurch when he was 5 weeks old, bringing him to live with her at Rocky Ridge. By the time Lurch was two years old it was obvious his horns were not developing as a normal Watusi’s would. At age three he already had the largest known horn circumference in the world but Janice wasn’t convinced he was finished so she waited to contact Guinness. She finally submitted his measurements a year or so later — 37.5 inches. It wasn’t too long after his official Guinness certification that Lurch broke his own record. Today his horns measure 38 inches in circumference and 7 feet, 6 inches from tip to tip in length.
According to Janice: “Lurch has always been a very sweet animal and was easy to train to give rides and later pose for the camera! Now he spends his days being admired by his many fans and waiting for his big break in show biz!”
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