Bighorn sheep vulnerable to diseases

Some sheep just aren’t meant to be together. Wild bighorn sheep populations across Arizona are picking up diseases from domesticated sheep and pack goats. As a result, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is working to protect the wild sheep throughout the Sonoran mountain ranges. Mycoplasma pneumonia, sinusitis and other respiratory diseases have been lethal…

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My kingdom for a sheep? A mountain lion’s dilemma

—-[UPDATE, March 23 — The bighorn-sheep reintroduction project was backed primarily by hunting groups, The Arizona Daily Star reports today].—- —-[UPDATE, March 17 — Another bighorn sheep is eaten by a mountain lion doing what comes naturally.]—- —-[UPDATE, March 8 — Criticism of the bighorn sheep program and its emphasis on eliminating the threat from…

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