No doubt the Aoudads don’t understand how they’ve worn out their “welcome” in their new homes on the North American continent. They just want to live, which means aggressive grazing for them, [Courtesy image from  https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/09/texas-hunting-sheep-helicopter/

By Dan Bodine

Remember back around 2007 when Texas Parks & Wildlife dropped the hammer on feral burros in Big Bend State Park near Presidio, in Far West Texas, permitting killing ’em from the air? Now, think of exotic sheep instead, the Aoudads.

But innocent burros, it was then … With forbearer lineage even to one that once carried the King of Kings a couple thousand years ago … was a pill too hard to swallow for the public. There was a righteous uproar of concerned citizens then over it, yes.

But everything was all settled humanely, and peacefully, when the State agreed to foster out the animals to kids wanting them as pets. On both sides, we all felt better about ourselves and our humanity, no?

Well … It’s been a while, yes, but…..Now, expanding their numbers territory into another state (and even down into Mexico some), it’s about these pesky Aoudad sheep. Continue reading →