skynnyman (an anonymous commentor) says the project is a source of pride and hope. B.S. The listed reasons indict the project as doomed: domestic livestock disease exposure, dogs harassing bighorns, fire suppression, building construction too close to the sheep area, Bottom line is that there are fewer sheep in Arizona since this project commenced ... 90 sheep relocated to the Catalinas, with less than 75 estimated in all recently reported survey estimates. Better to have left the relocated individuals in their habitats where many of the threats in the Catalinas are non existent or significantly less than in the Catalinas. The Game & Fish manager from back in the 1960s, Bob Hernbrode Sr, had a metal water tank flown up on Pusch Ridge to provide water so the sheep wouldn't have to drink down in Pima Canyon where they were being poached too frequently. Now, six decades later human activity is way more impactful than back in the 1960s, not long before the native bighorn herd died out, probably from disease brought in by a migratory ram that arrived from the Superstition Mtns. In the 1990s that metal tank up on Pusch Ridge was covered with spray painted graffiti, clearly demonstrating that too many people hike all over the Catalinas to the detriment of bighorn sheep. And, skynnyman, who are you really. Anonymity emboldens comments without providing an identity to determine background or expertise or reliability.
Ninety (90) bighorn sheep were net-gunned out of their established home ranges, tranquilized, stuffed into cages on a trailer and dumped out in the Catalina Mtns. The Game & Fish Department's map that showed the quality of habitat for bighorn sheep in the Catalinas was mostly poor to fair, meaning that only a small portion of the mountain range was open enough to enhance success of the relocation project. The current surveys indicate less than ninety sheep survive in this poor to fair habitat. That means that Arizona has fewer sheep than before the project started. Furthermore, the high level of human activity in the Catalinas further diminishes the quality of habitat for sheep. Pet dogs accompany hikers often and harass sheep to their detriment. This was a poorly thought out project that should not have happened, because the Catalina Mtns are no longer viable habitat for desert bighorn sheep.
Wes S., you will never see sunlight. Your head is so far into where the sun don't shine. The Center for Biological Diversity is one of THE best organizations to ever exist. Your lies are ridiculous. Go suck off tя☭mp, why don't you?
Sinema ... the "independent thinker" ... can't reason out what is just. Flawed reasoning. She voted to approve Attorney General Barr against the vast majority of other Democratic senators. Sinema ought to take a stand on important issues like rejecting Barr and Moscow Mitch's hypocrisy. Otherwise she reveals herself as way, way too supportive of tя☭mp's treasonous debauchery.
As is always the case with Wes S., the facts are distorted into lies and insulting name modifications that clearly reveal his addled brain destroyed by too much alcohol for too many years. He is protected from retaliation for those insults with an anonymous name. Who are you Wes S? What is your full name? Mine is Ricardo Small. I am near Portland like Tucson is near Phoenix. No problem letting everyone know who I am and what my opinions are. That is 180 degrees from Wes's C.S. anonymity. Portland now experiences peaceful protests to help stop police murdering black people after Wes S.'s orange turd's mercenaries left Portland. Here's something to read: https://www.gazettetimes.com/ap/national/p…
The statue must stay.
Here's a link to a GREAT op-ed that supports the statue: https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opi…
If Danehy wants to guzzy up Tucson's public art, he should start by asking for the atrocious "Sonoran" to be removed from in front of the downtown library building and the ugly metal wishbones on the UofA Mall at Campbell Ave. Those piles of crap detract from Tucson, while the statue of Pancho Villa does NOT. The Pancho Villa statue is realistic art, not the abstract abortions of those other two.
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Here's a link to a GREAT op-ed that supports the statue: https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opi…
If Danehy wants to guzzy up Tucson's public art, he should start by asking for the atrocious "Sonoran" to be removed from in front of the downtown library building and the ugly metal wishbones on the UofA Mall at Campbell Ave. Those piles of crap detract from Tucson, while the statue of Pancho Villa does NOT. The Pancho Villa statue is realistic art, not the abstract abortions of those other two.