Animal rights group assails USNPS plan to gun down mountain goats in Gran Teton NP from helicopters

The planned mountain goat killing operation in Grand Teton National Park literally never got off the ground because of poor weather.

The park’s plans to remove a population of about 100 non-native mountain goats via helicopter gunners has been postponed until later this winter due to snowstorms and high winds circulating the Teton Range.

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