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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/pneumonia_sweeps_through_western_montana_bighorn_sheep_herds/16476/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: There are roughly 6,000 bighorn sheep in Montana and wildlife officials fear that nearly 700 of them could be dead by the time a pneumonia outbreak runs its course. And Montana isn’t alone. Bighorn sheep pneumonia cases have been reported in Utah, Washington and Nevada. Biologists say such a widespread outbreak is rare and the cause is still unknown, though pneumonia in wild bighorn sheep has often been linked to contact with domestic sheep.