Aoudad, or Barbary sheep, are native to North and West Africa and were introduced to the U.S. in the early 1900s—first in New ...

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 ...

A strain of sheep brought to Texas by former World War II soldiers who had served near the Barbary Coast of North Africa and saw them as game for hunters has thrived so well in their adoptive home ...

Aoudad, also known as Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), are a species of wild sheep native to North Africa. They were ...

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, ...

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 ...

I’M NO SHUFFLEBOARD PLAYER, and the odds of my learning to play inside a West Texas water-silo-turned-hunting-camp powered by solar panels seem slim. But the 22-foot, regulation-size shuffleboard ...

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, 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 ...

"Texas legalizes shooting invasive sheep from a helicopter for sport" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them ...