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Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) are beautiful and graceful creatures, in spite of the fact that they average 300 pounds! Like the American Buffalo, millions of these unique-looking animals once graced the North American mountainsides, but trophy hunters reduced their numbers so drastically that numerous conservation groups were forced to step in to save the species from extinction. They can still be seen in places such as the Colorado Rocky Mountains near Estes Park where cars line up on the highway and the sheep pose for the tourists, but protecting these animals from extinction requires a continuous effort.
Boy Scouts of America Leads Conservation Efforts
Male Bighorn Sheep are easy to spot on mountainsides because of their large horns, which makes them easy targets for hunters. By the early 1900s they were nearly hunted into extinction. According to the Website of Everything Animal, in the 1800s, Bighorn Sheep numbered in the millions. The Arizona Boy Scouts of America started a campaign to save the Bighorn Sheep in 1936 under the guidance of noted conservationist and the "Father of Scouting" Major Frederick Russell Burnham. Burnham noted that their numbers were reduced to the thousands, with only 150 left in Arizona.
In addition to their attraction to game hunters, Burnham noted that the Bighorn Sheep were contracting diseases from domestic sheep. They were also competing with domestic sheep for food sources. Through the efforts of the Boy Scouts, the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Izaak Walton League, 1.5 million acres of land was reserved as protected areas for the Bighorn Sheep. They were also reintroduced in areas where they had disappeared. In spite of dedicated conservation efforts, one subspecies that lived in the Black Hills of South Dakota did go extinct.
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