Do you prefer Bighorn Sheep to Domestic Sheep on public lands?

[birdhunter]

Might want to follow what is going on here.

From HCN – http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/sheep-v.-sheep-redux


The Bush administration is attempting yet another under-the-radar rules change on its way out the door. This time it's wresting away Western states' abilities to manage their bighorn sheep populations. Wildlife management has historically been the responsibility of state wildlife agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Now, the Department of Agriculture wants jurisdiction over bighorn sheep transplants on public land.


Because wild bighorns tend to catch deadly diseases from domestic sheep, there have been major legal battles over allowing sheep producers to graze their flocks in bighorn territory.


The secret agreement, which was penned in September and revealed this week, would require, among other things, that wild bighorns be tested for diseases by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service before they're released on national forests, and that the Forest Service approve such releases.


Bighorn advocates are outraged, saying that the move benefits sheep ranchers at the expense of wild sheep, and undermines state authority over wildlife.

Read: http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/a...140006389f.txt

[kigercreek]

Have you ever seen the old pictures of the Steens prior to the introduction of domestic sheep? It would explain my answer to this question...

[Bait O' Eggs]

Ben, I would think you would like to have domestic sheep and sick bighorns in the forest to feed those wolves your so fond of