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bighorn sheep

Volunteers begin Grand Teton National Park goat shoot Monday

September 8, 2020 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 2 Comments

After randomly selecting teams of skilled shooters, Park Service is ready to let them kill as many mountain goats as possible to protect bighorn sheep.

Domestic sheep grazing prompts emergency bighorn hunt

July 30, 2020 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 10 Comments

In the Owl Creek drainage near Thermopolis, where a rancher and the Game and Fish Department have clashed over wildlife, officials hope an early hunt will protect a wild herd from disease-bearing livestock.

Goat gunning operation ‘effective’ before pause, feds say

February 25, 2020 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 6 Comments

After Gov. Gordon rips National Park Service, Interior Secretary intervenes to halt aerial shoot, the outcome of which remains secret.

Bighorns, bears and bad blood: grazing v. wildlife on Owl Creek

December 31, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 9 Comments

Game and Fish, BLM, wildlife conservationists and a rancher are locked in battle over bighorn sheep, grazing permits and cattle-killing grizzlies.

Goats now outnumber native bighorns in Tetons, become targets

March 19, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 4 Comments

Introduced by Idaho in 1969, mountain goats join habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation in threatening an iconic native sheep herd’s future.
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