Do NOT permit the hunting of bighorn sheep and send to prison who do not comply with this

The bighorn sheep is a Mexican species that is endangered. Lives in arid and semi-mountainous terrain of western America, in Mexico is located on rocky slopes of the states of Sonora, Baja California and Baja California Sur. It fits to the suitable vegetation at each station.

Excessive hunting is killing them, they need to intercede that, because they are running out, because it currently only survive 4 of 10. This is extremely alarming.

They have been identified as causes of death in some sheep parasites, competition with other ungulates, predation, and accidents such as falls or collisions cliffs on the roads, poor diets and abnormal weather conditions.

Baja California is the only state nationwide that prohibits the hunting of bighorn sheep, but have been detected poachers of Baja California Sur attacking the species in the state territory.

The delegate of SEMARNAT in the State, Alfonso Blancafort Camarena, spoke about the pictures circulating on social networks where hunters exhibit bighorn sheep bodies allegedly killed in the state.

He said that currently, Baja California is the only state in the Republic where bighorn sheep hunting is prohibited.

Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) 059, which dictates how you can take advantage of the species, says the bighorn sheep is under the category "subject to special protection" and possibilities for special use.

He noted that arguments offered by the UABC, the State declared a ban on hunting of the species.

The federal official explained that in the 6 states of the northern border, the authority Semarnat in wildlife is to authorize or prohibit the use of this animals is the State Governments.

"This is why the hunting permits are issued on the Baja California by the state government, not the Semarnat" he said.

Although there is a state ban on their hunting, the number of animals has been downward, otherwise in those entities where if a sustainable use where the population has increased.

Blancafort Camarena said people close to areas inhabited by bighorn sheep has ensured that people with ribbons of Baja California Sur crossed to Baja California to hunt the species.

What they do is cross the bighorn sheep to Baja California Sur and register in that entity, explained, and even talk to people of Sonora performs the same practice.