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Wed May 1, 2024, 01:15 PM May 2024

Almost all mountain goats died after airlift from Olympics to Cascades

DARRINGTON — About five years ago, wildlife biologists with the Tulalip Tribes used GPS collars to start tracking 115 mountain goats translocated from the Olympic Peninsula to the North Cascades.

Only three are still alive today.

Wildlife biologists with the Stillaguamish Tribe found similar results. Out of 36 translocated goats they tracked, only one is still alive. Usually, mountain goats live between 10 to 13 years in the wild.

“It was really a red-flag moment for the tribes,” said Mike Sevigny, wildlife manager with the Tulalip Tribes.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/almost-all-mountain-goats-died-after-airlift-from-olympics-to-cascades/

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Almost all mountain goats died after airlift from Olympics to Cascades (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2024 OP
Adopt a goat? SarahD May 2024 #1
So basically they were translocated to death. Hummm. littlemissmartypants May 2024 #2
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