Photos: Bighorn sheep release
- Updated
Bighorn sheep captured north of Yuma last November were released into the Santa Catalina Mountains from Catalina State Park on Monday. Bighorns haven't inhabited the Catalinas since the 1990s.
As onlookers recorded the moment with everything from television cameras to cellphone cameras, the first 31 sheep were released Monday at Catalina State Park as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Photos by Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
One of the sheep heading out of the cages is running past a line of people clicking away with their cameras as 31 Desert bighorn sheep were released this morning as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
Brian Wakeling, Arizona Game & Fish game branch chief, watching this high flying sheep jump high into the air as it leaves the truck cage as 31 Desert bighorn sheep were released this morning as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
This sheep was pretty slow heading out as it stopped and checked out the spectators there for a moment before heading to the mountains as 31 Desert bighorn sheep were released this morning as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
Brian Wakeling, Arizona Game & Fish game branch chief, is helping pull the sheep out as John McGehee, wildlife manager with Arizona Game & Fish also, up top helps out as 31 Desert bighorn sheep were released this morning as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
Brian Wakeling, Arizona Game & Fish game branch chief, helping get the sheep out of the cages, as 31 Desert bighorn sheep were released this morning as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star-p7
Brian Wakeling, Arizona Game & Fish game branch chief, is helping pull the sheep out as John McGehee, wildlife manager with Arizona Game & Fish also, up top helps out as 31 Desert bighorn sheep were released this morning as part of the Santa Catalina Bighorn Sheep Restoration Project.
- Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
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Bighorn sheep are roaming wild in the Catalina Mountains once more.
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