Birhorn
2013
Sep 12
Bighorn sheep — absent from the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson for more than a decade — could be roaming wild in the range again by mid-November.
2014
Jan 24
Eight of the 31 bighorn sheep reintroduced to the Catalina Mountains have died, with seven being killed by mountain lions, according to a new …
Jan 23
A seventh bighorn sheep apparently has died in the Catalina Mountains, according to state wildlife officials, said a state senator who spoke w…
Jan 11
A fifth bighorn sheep has died in the Catalina Mountains — the victim of a mountain lion.
2013
Dec 13
A new group — Friends of Wild Animals — has been formed in Tucson to protest developments in a recent bighorn sheep reintroduction near the ci…
Dec 08
The reintroduction of bighorn sheep to the Catalina Mountains has gotten off to a deadly and controversial start — with two bighorns killed by…
Dec 03
Bighorn sheep and mountain lions are dying in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson as a result of a "transplant" of 31 sheep into the range …
Nov 17
YUMA — Wildlife officers — swooping out of the sky in helicopters and wielding net guns — snared fleet bighorn sheep in rugged mountains north…
Nov 19
Bighorn sheep are roaming wild in the Catalina Mountains once more.
Nov 29
All 31 of the bighorn sheep released into the Catalina Mountains on Nov. 18 apparently have survived so far and are fanning out across the ran…
2014
Jan 25
Eight of the 31 bighorn sheep transplanted to the Catalina Mountains in November are now dead — slashing the size of the group by more than 25…
Feb 08
A ninth bighorn sheep has died in the Catalina Mountains where 31 bighorns were released in November, state wildlife officials reported Friday.
Feb 11
Another bighorn sheep has died in the Catalina Mountains — the 10th bighorn fatality since 31 sheep were released in the range last November, …
Feb 13
Two apparently healthy lambs have been born to bighorn sheep that were released in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson last November, state…
Feb 15
Another bighorn sheep has died in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, state wildlife officials confirmed Saturday.
Feb 21
Another bighorn sheep, a ram, was found dead in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson on Tuesday, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has co…
Feb 21
The Arizona Game and Fish Department released new photos Friday of another lamb born in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.
Feb 22
Mountain lions that kill bighorn sheep in the Catalina Mountains will now be tracked and killed by state-sponsored hunters only in a portion o…
Feb 24
A bighorn sheep was found dead Friday in the Catalina Mountains — marking the 13th bighorn death since 31 sheep were relocated to the range fr…
Mar 05
Two more bighorn sheep have died in the Catalina Mountains and a mountain lion was killed for preying on sheep, state wildlife officials confi…
