Grand Teton National Park has ended its effort to eradicate the park’s nonnative mountain goats for now. Volunteer hunters have killed 43 goats over six weeks before an accumulation of snow made hunter safety a concern. Park officials want to eliminate the 100 or so goats because they compete with a population of about 100 bighorn sheep for habitat and can spread diseases, including pneumonia, to the native sheep. In all, 79 goats have been killed this year which may be over half of the population. Originally, it had been planned to continue the hunt for another two weeks.
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