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Eight Bighorn Sheep Killed by a Motorist in MT

Two of the dead animals were trophy rams.

A Montana motorist drove his pickup truck through a herd of bighorn sheep near Anaconda, MT, on Monday, killing at least eight animals. A tragedy to say the least.

The driver, an unnamed adult male of Anaconda, MT, was cited with failure to obey a traffic signal. Two, large electronic signs on both sides of the highway warn motorists to be aware of bighorn sheep on the road.

Montana wildlife personnel were looking for other sheep Monday afternoon that left the crash scene after being injured. More sheep deaths are expected. The sheep were on the road because they gather there to lick salt, put there by road crews to melt ice.