A closer look at wild sheep conservation

This week on Hard Truths of Conservation, Dan Cabela travels to Nevada and joins a team of vets and biologists on an ambitious capture operation to test and monitor bighorn sheep. The transmission of disease from domestic livestock to wild sheep has severely impacted wild populations in recent decades and Dan hopes to better understand how the hunting community is helping fund population recoveries.

From there, Dan heads to Tajikistan and explores the conservation success story of the country once consumed by the Soviet Union. Here, he examines how funds generated through hunting are conserving and protecting vast areas of the country.

Join us for an entire hour of conservation-based programming from around the world. Don’t miss either episode this Saturday, May 17th, at 9:00AM and 9:30AM Eastern, on the Discovery Channel!