. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 132 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME McKibbin, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burnam, Mr. Jack Welling, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rodman, and Mr. Dnane Davidson, refuge personnel who lived at the Headquarters. Mrs. Benchley and Dr. Crosbie of the Zoological Society of San Diego opened their back files of information on bighorn sheep at the "Zoo," gave freety of their personal experiences, and critically read the manuscript. Dr. V. II. Fisher, Las Vegas v
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 132 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME McKibbin, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burnam, Mr. Jack Welling, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rodman, and Mr. Dnane Davidson, refuge personnel who lived at the Headquarters. Mrs. Benchley and Dr. Crosbie of the Zoological Society of San Diego opened their back files of information on bighorn sheep at the "Zoo," gave freety of their personal experiences, and critically read the manuscript. Dr. V. II. Fisher, Las Vegas veterinarian, made autopsies on lambs and Dr. E. R. Quortrup of the San Diego County Livestock Department contributed valued pathological studies of lamb remains. CARE OF THE ANIMALS The Enclosure At the Corn Creek Headquarters it was found advisable to have a sheep pasture of sufficient size to be divided into smaller units. This was accomj)lished by fencing, with gates connecting the units. Such a pas- ture alloAvs seasonal segregation of the sexes, which occurs in the wild, and in small herds eliminates the harassment a ram may give one or more ewes when no other rams on which he can expend surplus energy are present. Division of the pasture also permits rotation of units to check excessive grazing of any one portion of the pasture. The Corn Creek pasture started out as a small unit of less than one-quarter acre and was later enlarged to approximately three-quarter acre to gain access to native browses, furnish rough ground to keep the feet of the. FIGURE 1. Early stages of pasture development at Corn Creek Headquarters, showing fence construction. Ram in foreground is seven years of age and was captured when four months Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and G
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