ZOO UPDATE: BIGHORN SHEEP.(Weekend) From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: May 7, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of The Herald Co. by the Gale Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

An adult female bighorn sheep will be celebrating her first Mother's Day at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Lakota gave birth to her first offspring, Stonewall a male, last spring. Stonewall, will turn 1-year-old on May 25.

Young females remain with the mother's group in the wild. However, young males depart to a group of rams between the ages of 2 and 4. In the wild, some herds of bighorn sheep can include as many as 100 individuals. The zoo's herd contains five bighorn sheep...

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