If the bill becomes law, aoudad sheep would join feral hogs among game animals that can be hunted from the air in Texas. Lawmakers in 2011 enacted legislation dubbed the "porkchopper law" as a ...

Aoudad, also known as Barbary sheep, aren’t native to Texas. Originating in North Africa, the species is well-suited to the rough and rugged terrain of West Texas.

A herd of aoudad, sometimes called Barbary sheep, runs in rural Texas. The Texas House approved a bill that would allow the nonnative animal to be shot from helicopters.© Texas Department Parks ...