In 1869, They Carried 100 Sheep to Socorro Island in Mexico, Reached About 5000 and Damaged 30% of the Territory, and After Withdrawing 1762 the Coverage in the Forest Plots Studied Went From 29% to 85%.

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Between 20 and 29 April 2009, a helicopter with two hunters on board toured the island of Socorro, in the Mexican Pacific. In 35 hours of flight, 1257 wild sheep fell, about 70% of those living on the island. Those animals descended from 100 sheep landed in 1869. In 2013, one year after the last one fell, the plant cover of forest parcels monitored by scientists had risen from 29.29 % in 2009 to 85 %. The work was signed by researchers from the …