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I got to wondering about the Catalina bighorn sheep and i said to myself "gosh, i haven't heard a word about them in a while. so i went to the ADBSS website as was happy to read this......... No mortalities occurred during this reporting period(4/14/14-4/27/14). The original release of 31 sheep consisted of 21 adult females or ewes, three yearling/juvenile ewes, five adult males or rams, and two yearling/juvenile rams. Thirty of the released sheep were outfitted with satellite GPS collars to provide managers with up to date information to help make adaptive, data-driven decisions. As of April 27, 2014, 13 of the remaining 14 collared sheep are known to be alive; one of the collars maybe malfunctioning. To date there have been 16 bighorn sheep mortalities. Fourteen of the sheep were killed by mountain lions, one died as the result of predation by an unidentified cat such as a small mountain lion or a bobcat, and another died from myopathy. To date, three lions associated with bighorn sheep kills have been removed, and the most recent of these lions was believed to have killed multiple sheep. and in addition.....To date five lambs have been observed during this season. as i go further back into older updates.....a sheep death has not occurred since march 17!!!! for any more info that i did not supply for you go to.... http://www.adbss.org/catalina_restoration_project.html