California relocates mountain lions making a meal of endangered sheep
Drastic steps taken to protect the Sierra Nevada’s 600 bighorn sheep after another charismatic species developed a taste for them
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In order to save one endangered species, California scientists are having to relocate another iconic creature that is, regrettably, eating it.
The California department of fish and wildlife is in the process of moving mountain lions over 100 miles away from struggling populations of bighorn sheep, which are unique to the Sierra Nevada mountains. The herbivores were first listed as endangered in 1999, when their population was estimated at only 125 individuals, according to researchers.
“There’s no expectation that any of the lions we move are going to stay where we put it, regardless of age or sex,” acknowledged Danny Gammons, an environmental scientist for the sheep recovery program. “The goal is to get it away from bighorn sheep.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/30/mountain-lions-relocated-bighorn-sheep-california
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