FWP considers new bighorn herd in headwater area of the Bitterroot River

Sticking point is probably domestic sheep-

If there are domestic sheep, they probably shouldn’t risk it.

Montana FWP considers new bighorn herd in Bitterroot. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic


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  1. jdubya Avatar
    jdubya

    “”If there are domestic sheep, they probably shouldn’t risk it.””

    Maybe a paraphrase is “If there are domestic sheep, they shouldn’t waste the lives of the wild sheep nor waste the money in funding a doomed project”.

  2. Woody Avatar
    Woody

    I agree, jdubya.

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