In
this Oct. 31, 2012 photo, twenty-five captured big horn sheep await
transport to Utah in a trailer near Henderson, Nev. In an attempt to
help repopulate areas of southern Utah, fifty sheep from the River and
Muddy mountains in southern Nevada are being captured for relocation to
Grand Staircase National Monument.
After
examining a big horn sheep for injury and illness biologists from the
Nevada Division of Wildlife carry the animal to a trailer for transport
to Utah.
A
helicopter gently lowers the animals to the ground for biologists to
examine, near Henderson, Nev. In an attempt to help repopulate areas of
southern Utah, fifty sheep from the River and Muddy mountains in
southern Nevada are being captured for relocation to Grand Staircase
National Monument.
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