Conservation Status
Because the number of mountain goats has been relatively stable, they are not in any danger of extinction. Some areas, like Yellowstone National Park, have allowed hunters to hunt under controlled conditions to reduce the number of mountain goats. Hunting is not allowed in any places where mountain goats are declining in number, like Cascade Mountains of Washington. Goats in this region are being tagged with GPS collars to track their progress, and find out why their numbers are slowly declining. (Lemke, 2004; Rice, 2003)
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Fitch, J., B. Guilliams, W. Mowbray, A. Patton, S. Gloss, K. Francl and E. Ellis. 1999. "Oreamnos americanus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 19, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Oreamnos_americanus.html.
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