January 21, 2013
Burros Live! For a While Longer Anyway
The Texas Parks and Wildlife department is temporarily suspending its controversial policy of shooting wild burros in Big Bend Ranch State Park to control the animal population.
Bighorn sheep
January 21, 2013
Wild Burros Protest at the Capitol
Six burros and their handlers marched up Lavaca Street to the Capitol, a furry showing of opposition to TPWD's feral burro-eradication program.
Feature
January 21, 2013
Home on the Range?
Texas Parks and Wildlife has embarked on an ambitious plan to restore the desert bighorn sheep population in Big Bend Ranch State Park. To accomplish this goal, the department has had to make hard choices about which animals live, which animals die, and what truly belongs in the Trans-Pecos.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Nate Blakeslee
The senior editor on Texas Parks and Wildlife’s program to reintroduce bighorn sheep in the Big Bend.
November 29, 2011
They Shoot Burros, Don’t They?
The unhappy plight of the roving burros in Big Bend has attracted the notice of the San Antonio Express-News’ editorial board.