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Disease killing off Nevada bighorn sheep
12:00 AM, Sep. 10, 2011 |
Written by
Jeff DeLong
Disease might decimate a herd of bighorn sheep that Nevada biologists previously thought faced a promising future.
California bighorn sheep are dying of pneumonia in the Snowstorm Mountains about 30 miles northeast of Winnemucca. It's unknown exactly how many have succumbed in what is a rare summertime die-off, but things don't look good, said Ken Gray, an Elko-based supervisory game biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife...
Disease killing off Nevada bighorn sheep
12:00 AM, Sep. 10, 2011 |
Written by
Jeff DeLong
Disease might decimate a herd of bighorn sheep that Nevada biologists previously thought faced a promising future.
California bighorn sheep are dying of pneumonia in the Snowstorm Mountains about 30 miles northeast of Winnemucca. It's unknown exactly how many have succumbed in what is a rare summertime die-off, but things don't look good, said Ken Gray, an Elko-based supervisory game biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife...