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Archive Home > 2012 > December > 07 > State relocates bighorns to boost genetic diversity

State relocates bighorns to boost genetic diversity

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
December 7, 2012

LAKEVIEW — Fifty bighorn sheep have been relocated to Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge and other locations in Eastern Oregon as part of a regular program to boost genetic diversity.

District Biologist Craig Foster said Thursday the bighorns were trapped in the Deschutes, John Day....

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