Lone Star lawmakers recently added aoudads to the list of animals hunters can shoot from helicopters in Texas as part of a management tool to aid in the ongoing fight against the invasive sheep.

Barbary sheep, also known as Aoudad sheep, were introduced to Texas from their native habitat in North Africa mid-20th century. Popular among hunters, considered an invasive species by farmers and ...

Sick of shooting your sheep from the boring old ground? Don't worry, a Texas lawmaker proposed two bills to let you do it from the sky. Aoudad sheep bring shear destruction — they eat everything, ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — Thursday, the National Park Service, in coordination with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, concluded aerial surveying for native Bighorn Sheep and removal ...

A few Big Bend National Park areas will be closed next week as officials act to reduce the population of an invasive sheep species by shooting them from a helicopter. Aoudad sheep are invasive in the ...

TEXAS, USA — Barbary sheep are massive beasts with large crescent horns and a mane that drapes from the bottom of their neck to their stomachs. Also known as aoudads, the animals are native to the ...

Barbary sheep are massive beasts with large crescent horns and a mane that drapes from the bottom of their neck to their stomachs. Also known as aoudads, the animals are native to the mountains of ...