Martorello

Donny Martorello: "When you're faced with a situation like this where you really have to euthanize some animals really to try and protect and increase the long term viability of the remaining sheep, that's a tough call to make and in this case we think it's the right one."

OPB News By Anna King 2010

Martorello says about a third of the 260 animals comprising two wild herds in the canyon between Yakima and Ellensburg are expected to be euthanized.

The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

"We wish we weren't in this situation," Martorello said Tuesday.

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By Scott Sandsberry 2010

"We wish we weren't in this situation," Martorello said.

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By SCOTT SANDSBERRY 2010

Martorello said he was unaware of any situation in which scavengers could spread the disease to other herds, and that the pathogens that can be deadly to the bighorns don't transmit to humans or domestic livestock.

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By Scott Sandsberry 2010

Typically, meat recovered from the Wildlife Department's animal-removal actions is transported to food banks, but that won't be the case here because of the "chance of secondary infections we're not aware of," Martorello said.

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By Scott Sandsberry 2010

"We believe this is the latter situation," Martorello said.

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By Scott Sandsberry 2010

"We're still struggling about the long-term implications," Martorello said.

HeraldNet.com LOCAL NEWS 2010

Killing the infected bighorns, Martorello said, "reduces the spread of this disease to other herds in the Yakima area and reduces the likelihood of passing it along to lambs within the (already infected) herd."

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By Scott Sandsberry 2010

"We wish we weren't in this situation," Martorello said.

Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By SCOTT SANDSBERRY 2010