News Items tag as: Vaseux Lake bighorn sheep

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.
Annual South Okanagan sheep count helps detect potential herd issues
February 11, 2020 - 6:00 PM

An Okanagan sportsman’s group has been playing a key role in maintaining healthy sheep populations in the valley for more than 70 years.
South Okanagan treatment program up and running for disease threatening bighorn sheep
March 07, 2017 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - A project to treat a disease threatening the bighorn sheep population in the South Okanagan is underway.
South Okanagan bighorn sheep facing new threat
February 07, 2017 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - Bighorn sheep in the South Okanagan are facing a new threat on the heels of a pneumonia outbreak in 1999 that decimated the bighorn sheep herd around Vaseux Lake.
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Campaign launched to save South Okanagan bighorn sheep fighting their own pandemic