YUMA — Wildlife officers — swooping out of the sky in helicopters and wielding net guns — snared fleet bighorn sheep in rugged mountains northeast of here Saturday.

About 80 sheep leaped out of their trailers and bounded up the rocky slope in the warm light of golden hour. Some ran solo, some in groups, their white patched behinds becoming specks in the distance.

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The high stakes job of moving a herd of bighorn sheep. 2/13/2025 | 2m 43s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Colorado Parks and Wildlife relocates a herd or bighorn sheep to new habitat. Aired 02/13/2025 ...

CEDAR HILLS, Utah County — A big horn sheep was euthanized after showing unusually aggressive behavior in the Cedar Hills community. Covy Jones, Wildlife Program Manager for the Division of ...

(CBS4) - Approximately 25 bighorn sheep in Colorado will soon be on the move, if all goes as planned. Colorado Parks and Wildlife released video on Thursday of staff setting up a massive net with ...

Officers believe the mountain lion spooked the bighorn sheep further down into Garden of the Gods, about a quarter-mile from the original bait site. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said they will ...

This winter, up to 50 bighorn sheep from the Missouri Breaks will find new homes in the Highlands area near Butte and the Beartooth Wildlife Management Area near Helena.

Douglas Kreutz Nov 17, 2013 Nov 17, 2013 Updated May 31, 2019 YUMA — Wildlife officers — swooping out of the sky in helicopters and wielding net guns — snared fleet bighorn sheep in rugged ...