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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Leeson

Watch moment herd of endangered desert sheep airlifted from Texas mountain to new home

Watch the moment a herd of endangered desert sheep is airlifted from a Texas mountain to a new home.

The desert bighorn sheep were moved from the home where they were raised to their new range on Thursday (5 December) as part of a conservation effort by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Officials sedated the sheep and flew them by helicopter to a safe area, where they were then loaded onto trailers and taken to their new home.

The herd will now have a new home at the Franklin Mountains State Park, just north of El Paso.

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