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Endangered Bighorn Sheep Get Safe Home

greenopolis.com — Today the US federal government has designated over 625 square miles of mountain range as a protected habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep. Conservationists had to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2005 in order to have this land protected. The lawsuit stated that the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep is threatened to become...

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  • styrchn, on 08/06/2008, -0/+10awesome. yay sheep. glad the legal system works for this kind of stuff. :)
  • Lyk4n, on 08/07/2008, -0/+4Has anyone else noticed that all the comments are at 0 or very near in pretty much every thread today?
  • bludaisy, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3This is why we need those environmental "extremist" groups, without whom, the government would not be held accountable for its neglect--especially in the current administration.
  • DavidtheMavin, on 11/11/2008, -0/+3Because then humans and the things we farm would be the only things left!
  • nandemoari, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3Thanks for the good news! It is hard to find good news like this these days.
  • mrhaines, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Its too bad that in 40 years this area will no longer be suitable for Bighorn Sheep habitat. Go Climate Change!
  • l3v14th4n, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Yay Eastern Sierra!
  • enotswhat, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Montana Ranchers rejoice
  • allengeer, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1oh look its a big horn. thats why i come up here. goouuuulet.
  • MiniCooper2007, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah I don't think we need that.
  • JonForTheWin, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Thus proving evolution works. We're #1
  • VSKBadCRC, on 08/07/2008, -3/+4So... Why not let evolution take it's toll and let the damn things go the way of the dinosaurs, can we stop pretending to play god and just let nature take it's course.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0Because noone can interpret the stupid captchas.
  • suckanucka, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0I like sheep.
  • LongBong, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0nice to hear, i wish the U.S. Fish and wildlife service wouldn't suck so much.
  • BatmanStan, on 12/13/2008, -0/+0A lousy 625 square miles, that is nothing... Bush environmentalism was atrocious

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  • P8ntBal1551, on 08/07/2008, -1/+1thats good news
    because i was worrying about that last night
    i lost some sleep
    im glad to hear about it
  • NeoNcP, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0good news
  • Waremonger, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!
  • tomarocco, on 08/07/2008, -3/+2...right over the mantle of my fireplace.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -3/+1Do Androids Dream of Endangered Electric Bighorn Sheep?
  • UberNick, on 08/07/2008, -6/+2***** you! Two of my friends were killed by endangered bighorn sheep
  • boredrph, on 08/07/2008, -6/+1I've said it before... and I'll say it again. End the endangered species list... and replace it with tasty recipe list. Once people like eating the animal... it will become profitable... and we will find a way to make PLENTY more to meet the demand.

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