Wildlife across portions of Wyoming begin dying from cold, record snowfall

Dozens of antelope wandered off the northeast prairie and into Moorcroft in the last few weeks looking for refuge from harsh weather. About 15 were then hit by cars or died of cold and malnutrition. Mule deer and antelope near Evanston are faring no better. As this winter languishes, with storms dropping record snowfall across the state and ushering in frigid temperatures, the state’s wild herds are beginning to struggle, biologists report. “We’re definitely losing animals,” said Newcastle wildlife biologist Joe Sandrini. “How bad it is yet, it’s hard to say.”...MORE