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3 years, 4 months ago about Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

Is the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep's coat useful for wool?

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albanian | 3 years, 4 months ago
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The coat is not used for wool, the Bighorn is hunted for meat and its horns. The sheep used for wool have been domesticated and bred for that trait for centuries. However, they are closely related and when the Bighorn was near extinction one of the reasons given by the leaders trying to save it was that should domestic sheep be decimated by some future disease, the Bighorn might supply new breeding stock to refresh and strengthen the gene pool of domestic sheep.
The Bighorn does have wool, hidden under smooth guardhairs like a lamb. It would not be worthwhile as a commercial source but no doubt the Bighorn, if it were domesticated, could be bred to be a wool source
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betsyb | 3 years, 4 months ago
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The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep does have wool but it is under a covering of long guard hairs, so it is not really useful to make wool products.  After years of being hunted for their meat and distinctive horns, the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep are now an endangered species.
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albanian | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep became an endangered species around 1900. However, conservation efforts have succeeded in bringing back the sheep. Now, although carefully managed, only one subspecies is endangered. The others are being reintroduced in suitable areas, and there is regulated hunting.
http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Nebraska/Nebraska-Bighorn-Lottery-Winner-Bags-a-Ram-12240812.html

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