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According to the local Gazette newspaper, there are about 50 animals living permanently in the area. (Queens Canyon is immediately north of the Garden of the Gods.)
The Rampart Range herd has been in the area since 1946, when wildlife officers were moving 14 sheep from Pikes Peak. The transporting truck broke down, and the animals were released near Green Mountain Falls, with the expectation that they would head home.
“Wildlife, being how they are, went the opposite direction,” said Bret Tennis, Garden of the Gods park operations administrator.
The sheep went to Queens Canyon, which has become a central gathering place for the animals.
The Rampart Range herd has flourished, to the point where, in recent years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been relocating some of the sheep to augment struggling herds around the state.
“Wildlife, being how they are, went the opposite direction,” said Bret Tennis, Garden of the Gods park operations administrator.
The sheep went to Queens Canyon, which has become a central gathering place for the animals.
The Rampart Range herd has flourished, to the point where, in recent years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been relocating some of the sheep to augment struggling herds around the state.
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