That's to bad... Seems like it's always something.
Our sheep population in SD has taken a massive hit as well... Most people think the blooming lion poplulatin is at least partially to blame in our situation... I think ND is having the same issue. I believe a good portion of the sheep that they transplanted last year from MT were killed by lions within the first year...
Here was a small blurb on it:
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/artic...ate/143820.txt