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  • Severe pneumonia outbreak kills bighorn sheep

    Ken Cole

    Lamb survival to be closely monitored for several years Another overview story about the bighorn sheep die-offs around the west. Estimates of the death toll have reached 1000 bighorns. Severe pneumonia outbreak kills bighorn sheep. American Veterinary Medical Association

  • Biologists fear mountain goat presence in Grand Teton park

    Ken Cole

    Mountain goats may compete with the struggling native bighorn sheep Grand Teton National Park officials are worried that mountain goats may increase in the Park and compete with bighorn sheep. The goats were introduced into the Snake River Range by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and they have spread to the Teton Range.…

  • More on the Montana bighorn disease outbreaks

    Ken Cole

    Same pathogen found in bighorn and domestic sheep after contact was observed Here are two stories outlining what happened this winter with the outbreaks of disease in bighorn sheep.  It appears that there are likely two different causes for the outbreaks.  In the East Fork Bitterroot it appears that bighorn contracted mycoplasma from a small…

  • Sheep Station Restricts Grazing to Protect Grizzly Bears

    Ken Cole

    The Agricultural Research Services’ US Sheep Experiment Station in Eastern Idaho has decided to stop grazing sheep in its easternmost pastures to protect grizzly bears and has discontinued working on an Environmental Assessment in favor of a more intensive Environmental Impact Statement of its operations. As you can see from the mapping there are conflicts…

  • Idaho Wool Growers Sue IDFG Over Bighorns

    Ken Cole

    The Idaho Wool Growers Association and Shirts Brothers Sheep are suing the Idaho Fish and Game Department over an agreement that they signed in 1997 which would hold woolgrowers harmless if bighorn sheep introductions caused harm to their business. There are a number of problems with the agreement which make it unenforceable. According to the…

  • Pneumonia continues to kill Nevada bighorn sheep

    Ken Cole

    102 found dead so far in Nevada’s Ruby and Little Humboldt Mountains Pneumonia continues to kill Nevada bighorn sheep Associated Press

  • WAFWA report summarizes pneumonia outbreaks in bighorn sheep

    Ken Cole

    A report, dated March 16, 2010, by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Wild Sheep Working Group, summarizes the recent outbreaks of pneumonia in bighorn sheep that have occurred in Montana, Nevada, Washington, Utah, Wyoming, and South Dakota.  Domestic sheep and goats are also known to be in close proximity to, and are…

  • Jackson Hole area bighorn sheep herd showing signs of pneumonia

    Ralph Maughan

    Disease so far seems limited in area- Jackson bighorn sheep herd showing signs of pneumonia. Pinedale Online. From Wyoming Game and Fish

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