"This is not a ba-a-a-ad bill," deadpanned Rep. Eddie Morale, whose rural district provides welcoming terrain for the ...

Primarily because of diseases introduced by exotic, domestic sheep grazing in their habitat, Sierra Nevada bighorns experienced a series of dramatic declines in the latter half of the 20th century.

Each sheep was tested to make sure that it was not carrying a deadly infection that has impacted bighorn populations, and has been identified in exotic aoudad sheep species in that area.