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Sheep capture

Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 9 months AGO
by Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake
| February 26, 2014 3:05 PM

A helicopter lowers five bighorn sheep to Big Arm State Park Wednesday morning after the sheep were captured on Wild Horse Island. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks planned to capture 60 bighorn sheep from the island to relocate to other herds near Kootenai Falls and the southern Cabinet Mountains.

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Wildlife biologists perform health tests on a bighorn ram Wednesday morning at Big Arm State Park. The sheep are not tranquilized but blindfold to help keep them calm during the tests. Feb. 26, 2014 in Big Arm, Montana. (© Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)

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Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake After finishing the final leg of her 91-mile fundraising run, Kelda Latham-Bennett, right, is greeted by Special Olympics athlete Chrissy Siefke in the Flathead Industries parking lot Monday afternoon. Latham-Bennett raised more than $4,000 for Special Olympics of Montana by running from Libby to Kalispell. The two-day run started Sunday at Achievements' Parkside Thrift Store in Libby and concluded Monday afternoon at Flathead Industries in Kalispell. Monday, June 4, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.