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 ...

A team of researchers has discovered that aoudad -- an animal in the sheep and goat family -- can catch and spread many of the same respiratory pathogens that can impact desert bighorn sheep, a native ...

Allen Smith decided long ago what to do about the aoudads that wander onto his family’s land. “The first four I saw, I shot,” he tells me. From 5,000 feet up, in Smith’s Cessna Skymaster, the choices ...

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.

In 1957, wildlife managers in Texas made what seemed like a straightforward call. They released 31 Barbary sheep - also called aoudad - into the Panhandle to increase hunting opportunities. The ...

Earlier this month, a hunter in Texas reported harvesting an aoudad to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. This is somewhat unusual, since the state does not require harvest reports for the ...

Every once in a while, Lady Luck lays her hand on your shoulder and serves up an unexpected success. Such was the case for me on a recent aoudad hunt in New Mexico with my good friend, Jesse Duebel, ...

Norma Martínez was at home last Thursday in the western Puerto Rican town of Mayagüez when she received a call from her husband, who was doing chores behind their house, asking her to join him. “He ...

Aoudad are native to North Africa, but inhabit desolate regions of West Texas and New Mexico. Every once in a while, Lady Luck lays her hand on your shoulder and serves up an unexpected success. Such ...