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Pitkin County Considers Payoff To Protect Bighorn Sheep
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:00:39
Publish Date: 2019-09-09 21:32:01
Description: Pitkin County commissioners and the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Board are considering a new measure Tuesday aimed at protecting bighorn sheep in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area. Domestic sheep carry respiratory pathogens that can be transmitted to bighorns. In bighorns, those pathogens can be deadly -- with the potential to wipe out entire herds.
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