VANCOUVER -- A disease caused by the Bluetongue virus is ravaging the wild Bighorn sheep population near a border town in B.C.’s Interior.
“We funded the purchase of GPS collars to track Bighorns in that area to assess the herd and the habitat that they live in,” he said. Lab results found they’d been infected by the Bluetongue virus, which causes high fever and a swelling of the lips of tongues. The hot summer has resulted in a higher population of midges, the insects that spread the virus from one animal to the next.
Covid?
It's Aliens!
Such a beautiful animal to see when you travel there. Very sad.
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