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Show Ths December 12, 2002 Timts-lndeptnds- Bighorn Festival is where the sheep are hwii M numbuied around BOO Otfi i.ili project th.it in tho next several years desert bighorn numbers will increase from about 2,000 to more than 400, and the population of Kooky Mountain bighorn will double, from about 800 to more than 1,000 The current decline in ( 1 some sheep herds around Moab, including tho Island In Tho Sky group, once coribid Etrl nt All Plumbing nopairs Homes Itrbaii llspitals ilrtla denial lever rluht, I'rcskU m Mary Sprlakllai Systems New CaastracUia because wild sheep are highly busceptiblo to disease carried by domestic sfieep and Still, (is filial ttir (nun Cillers Swamp cc:i 250-c-:i cattle DWR biologists are Bates said disease problems that were evident two years ago "appear to be subsiding IXI Sal Manufactured Fcr ft!l Yccr well." 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Bates points out that several transplanted herds - particularly those in ttie San Rafael Swell, and near the Dirty Devil River southeast of Hanksville - have shown exponential growth in the past few years About 30 bheep once made up the San Rafael herd, now it numbers 900, he said "Our native populations are going through a downturn, and have had reductions in numbers, but the transplanted sheep are doing phenomenally likely a natural Fewer desert bighorn around Moab could mean DWR will move the Bighorn Sheep Festival to another lo- cation where sheep are more readily visible Stettler considered then dismissed the idea of moving the event after participant groups had trouble finding sheep to view last year. But the sheep have forced him to again consider taking the festival elsewhere 'Finding the animals is the secret to a successful festival, Stettler said. 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