Alice":tssw02d5 said:
dj":tssw02d5 said:
just make sure when you clip the fence the elk or deer herd inside isn't being monitored for the wasting disease.
What you'd find around here are people that raise these animals (elk, deer, exotics, whatever), and then charge megabucks for "hunters" to come "hunt" them...except for a few places that raise them just to have them on their property...kind of a status thing.
Alice
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a rare, fatal, neurological disease found in cervids, members of the deer family. It is a transmissible disease that slowly attacks the brain of infected deer and elk, causing the animals to progressively become emaciated, display abnormal behavior and invariably results in the death of the infected animal. It has been known to occur in wild elk and deer populations in parts of some western states for decades. The disease has also been confirmed in captive deer and elk herds in several western states and Canadian Provinces. Its discovery in wild deer in south-central Wisconsin in 2002 has generated unprecedented attention from wildlife managers, hunters, and others interested in deer. CWD poses a significant threat to the deer and elk of North America and,
if unchecked, could dramatically alter the future management of wild deer and elk.
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Some of the preserves have had this in their herds. I would hate to unleash it on the local population unknowingly.
