[pct-l] Up Date on Big Horn Sheep

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

Update on a recent bighorn die-off and  related capture 
As some of you may have heard through the various  media, the Institute 
documented seven adult bighorn mortalities in the Santa  Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains between July 28th and August 15th. The majority  of the deaths occurred 
in the northern Santa Rosa Mountains near Rancho Mirage.  This high number of 
deaths in such a short period of time was determined to be a  ?die-off.? It 
was decided by both the state and federal wildlife agencies to  capture and 
sample bighorn to investigate the cause of the ?die-off.? From  September 27th 
through September 30th, thirty-eight bighorn were captured and  sampled in the 
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains. Results are pending, but we  hope to gain 
some knowledge about these deaths. 
Lonetrail