Desert Bighorn Sheep What are the threats to the survival of Sheep?
SUMMARY OF THE PAGE What are the threats to the survival of Desert Bighorn Sheep? The Desert Bighorn Sheep is being actively protected by biologists. Please respect Closures in lambing areas. Weight and Food for Desert Bighorn Sheep Why People Keep Sheep What are the threats to the survival of Desert Bighorn Sheep? In addition to habitat fragmentation, diseases, and climate change, Desert Bighorn Sheep face threats from development. Habitat fragmentation and development have resulted in a loss of wildlife corridors that enable bighorn populations to breed and reproduce. By dividing an animal’s habitat and denying it water sources, freeways and development destroy its habitat. Bighorn sheep are also susceptible to domestic sheep-transmitted pneumonia. Even though bighorns are rarely killed by ovipneumoniae, lambs are frequently infected. Climate change may also negatively impact the bighorn sheep population in the long term. When temperatures rise and drops continue, springs ...