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Disease Jumps From Domestic to Wild Sheep

On January 24, 2011 By

More reporting about the bighorn/domestic sheep disease study

Other than the study itself, this is the first time that I’ve heard Dr. Srikmaran talk about last year’s study which confirms that domestic sheep diseases kill bighorn sheep.

“I am not that happy about this finding. Some people’s livelihood depends on domestic sheep,” [But the] […]

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Western Washington's bighorns slammed by disease

On December 30, 2010 By

Another 2010-was-a-deadly-year-for-bighorn story-

The culprit is almost entirely pneumonia, and almost all of it, maybe all of it, comes from domestic sheep and goats.  The Western Watersheds Project, and closely related groups like Advocates for the West, are  just about the only organizations that are willing to step forward, tell the truth, and go after […]

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Montana bighorn just keep dying of pneumonia

On September 28, 2010 By

Twenty-one more dead bighorn-

Pneumonia persists in Anaconda bighorns. Montana Standard.

Seems to me like Western Watersheds Project is about the only private organization doing anything to stop the spread of this disease that is taking such an awful toll.

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Jackson Hole area bighorn sheep herd showing signs of pneumonia

On March 22, 2010 By

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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Pneumonia now killing bighorn in NE Utah too

On March 2, 2010 By

Disease Kills NE Utah Bighorn. AmmoLand.com

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More on the beleaguered bighorn

On February 7, 2010 By

Four Montana herds, two in Washington plagued by disease-

Here is another update on the pneumonia killing  so many bighorn. The article also gives the total estimated bighorn populations of Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

Hard times hit area bighorns. By Rich Landers. Spokesman-Review.

“The Payette National Forest [in Western Idaho] recently released a draft […]

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FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot

On December 3, 2009 By

Pneumonia in important SW Montana herd spreads-

FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic.

Damn those domestic sheep!

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This story earlier on this blog. Bighorn sheep near Darby, MT dying of pneumonia.

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Bighorn sheep near Darby, MT dying of pneumonia

On November 25, 2009 By

Two dead bighorns could be a big threat to East Fork Bitterroot Herd-

The article says they have no knowledge that these bighorn encountered domestic sheep, but there are “isolated herds in the area.”

Dying bighorn sheep. Herd to be culled. By Perry Backus.  Ravalli Republic

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