News Items tag as: Bighorn Sheep

Disease, habitat loss threaten Southern Interior's bighorn sheep population
February 12, 2024 - 7:00 PM

The Southern Interior's bighorn sheep are constantly under threat and a society trying to protect the iconic animals with gather in Penticton later this month to brain storm ways to help protect them.
Virus in West Kootenay bighorn sheep herd could spread to Okanagan
August 27, 2021 - 6:00 AM

A virus with no specific treatment has ravaged a herd of bighorn sheep in the Grand Forks area in the West Kootenays, and the only thing stopping it from spreading into the Okanagan is a lack of a westerly wind.
Penticton Indian Band opposed to bighorn sheep hunting
October 27, 2020 - 7:30 AM

The Penticton Indian Band wants to see an end to hunting of Bighorn Sheep, calling it a vulnerable, at-risk species.
Campaign launched to save South Okanagan bighorn sheep fighting their own pandemic
August 17, 2020 - 1:40 PM

The Wild Sheep Society of B.C. is calling for residents to take action to help stave off a deadly disease that is killing the province’s bighorn sheep in a pandemic affecting that species.
Bighorn sheep in South Okanagan facing their own pandemic
August 14, 2020 - 8:00 AM

The region’s Bighorn sheep are facing a potential pandemic of their own after cases of a highly contagious disease was found in two lambs.
Charges laid in collisions that killed five bighorn sheep in South Okanagan
December 16, 2015 - 11:35 AM

PENTICTON - Two drivers are facing multiple charges after killing five bighorn sheep in two separate collisions on Highway 3 west of Keremeos in October.
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News Items tag as: Bighorn Sheep

Disease, habitat loss threaten Southern Interior's bighorn sheep population

Virus in West Kootenay bighorn sheep herd could spread to Okanagan

Penticton Indian Band opposed to bighorn sheep hunting

Campaign launched to save South Okanagan bighorn sheep fighting their own pandemic

Bighorn sheep in South Okanagan facing their own pandemic

Charges laid in collisions that killed five bighorn sheep in South Okanagan

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