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January 2008
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Rams released near Bighorn TerraceJanuary 18th 2008
Six rams were released near Bighorn Terrace Tuesday and Wednesday - 39 Bighorn Sheep in all - as part of a two day effort by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks to boost the declining herd, whose population has fallen by half.
The FWP pulled the Bighorns from from Wild Horse Island on Flathea...
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Pneumonia Die-Off Hits Bighorn Sheep In Elkhorn MountainsJanuary 18th 2008State wildlife officials said today that a number of bighorn sheep in the Elkhorn Mountains south of Helena have died from pneumonia over the past few weeks.
The nearly always-fatal respiratory disease was first suspected in the herd when a traveler reported sick bighorn sheep on the In... -
Canyon Bighorns lose most of their lambsJanuary 10th 2008ENTERPRISE, Ore. (AP) -- Disease killed about 80 percent of the lambs born last spring to the bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon, and biologists call it the worst die-off since the breed was reintroduced there in the early 1970s. Researchers believe the deaths were triggered by one bacterium that inhibi...
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Bighorn-domestic sheep conflict could blow up soonJanuary 9th 2008
One of the hottest wildlife issues this winter could be about bighorn sheep. You might remember last spring when U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered ranchers to move their sheep off of five allotments on the Payette National Forest in Hells Canyon to protect bighorns.
He ordered ra...
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Politics & BighornsJanuary 8th 2008The woolgrowers of Idaho have been losing court cases because they want to graze sheep in bighorn sheep habitat. Domestic Sheep are diseased with a pneumonia that can wipe out an entire herd of bighorn sheep. The woolgrowers have conspired to maintain their stranglehold over the public lands and c...
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