Semitrailer and Bighorn sheep ewe in Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park

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An oncoming semitrailer threatens the very existence of this bighorn sheep ewe as she licks at salt on the highway. Roads and...
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An oncoming semitrailer threatens the very existence of this bighorn sheep ewe as she licks at salt on the highway.

Roads and traffic cause so much damage to wildlife populations, and Jasper National Park has a very real problem with this in Alberta. The number of wild animals killed on the roads every year is astonishing.

Semitrailer and bighorn sheep ewe, Alberta highway in Canadian Rockies, Jasper National Park, Canada.

Ovis canadensis. Photo © copyright by Carl Donohue.

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