Shaky science may doom mountain goats in their own habitat JACKSON, Wyoming––Mountain goats, already scapegoated for much else, are now blamed and are perhaps at risk of massacre in Wyoming for allegedly transmitting ovine pneumonia––a common disease of domestic sheep––to the isolated remnant bighorn sheep of the Grand Tetons. Along with the shaky identification […]
Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison
But both carry brucellosis Part 2 of a 3-part series examining winter, wildlife, & livestock (See also If “your ass is grass,” ranchers lost their butts in 2015-2016 and Suspension of PZP test means more people could eat a horse.) JACKSON, Wyoming––North of Yellowstone National Park, more than 5,000 Buffalo Field Campaign volunteers have since 1997 […]