The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's capturing bighorn sheep with a helicopter and transporting them to the Big Bend State Park as part of a project ironically funded by hunting the sheep. Everything's bigger and better in Texas, even environmentalism.


The helicoptering of wild sheep, while awesome, is only a small part of the reintroduction of the bighorn sheep to Texas. They were mostly wiped out in the 1960s due to hunting and diseases from livestock. Through a partnership with state organizations and a Mexican cement manufacturer, relocations have helped the stock grow to about 2/3rds of the original amount in Texas. This move should help restore the natural ecosystem.

And where'd the money for this come? Mostly from hunting sheep. Let's let the TPWD explain:





God Bless Texas.

[TPWD via Fayza]