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Utah announces plans to restore bighorn sheep population

Utah announces plans to restore bighorn sheep population

By /October 4, 2019 /Local News

ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK, Utah (AP) — Utah has announced plans to restore the state’s bighorn sheep population a year after a respiratory illness outbreak killed more than 100 sheep. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources unveiled plans Thursday to release 35 sheep on Antelope Island in January with the […]

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Bighorn sheep on Utah’s Antelope Island dying from disease

Bighorn sheep on Utah’s Antelope Island dying from disease

By /January 11, 2019 /Local News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Division of Wildlife Resources has found that a herd of bighorn sheep on Antelope Island has somehow contracted a devastating respiratory disease and is dying off. About 150 animals were counted among the herd last year. But KSL-TV reports biologists on Wednesday flew over the island […]

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