There shouldn't be a debate. Way too much at risk here for the state to play around or drag their feet. The entire herd needs to be euthanized and the carcasses burned, as well as a quarantine of the area.
:thumbs_up:There shouldn't be a debate. Way too much at risk here for the state to play around or drag their feet. The entire herd needs to be euthanized and the carcasses burned, as well as a quarantine of the area.
I'm 100% in agreement. And every hunter/motorist that kills a deer in the area around the pen should be "strongly" encouraged to submit a sample for testing. Maybe consider refunding the $ of the hunters tag in exchange for the sample within a 10 mile radius. It's our best chance of quickly determining if the cat is out of the bag.There shouldn't be a debate. Way too much at risk here for the state to play around or drag their feet. The entire herd needs to be euthanized and the carcasses burned, as well as a quarantine of the area.
This 1000X's over. I can't believe there were no lessons learned from the Iowa farm that had 80% of their 300-some deer test positive after the first positive case was found and de-population was delayed for 2 years.Personally, all the deer should be killed and the place double fenced and never used again. Like an atomic bomb went off devoid of all life.
Many states have had issues within the immediate areas and everything needs to be tested for many years. Anymore found positive, then more deer are eradicated as well. This is a no win folks.
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At this point the understanding that the possibility of transmission to non cervid animals is "low".Even with a double fence could a squirrel not climb through/over come in contact with that and then pass it along to non-captive deer outside? Anyone educated on the transmission of it, is this possible?
Bureaucrats debating is like airline passengers arguing over where to sit as the plane falls out of the sky.There shouldn't be a debate. Way too much at risk here for the state to play around or drag their feet. The entire herd needs to be euthanized and the carcasses burned, as well as a quarantine of the area.
I suggest to put a county bounty on the harvested/hit deer.I'm 100% in agreement. And every hunter/motorist that kills a deer in the area around the pen should be "strongly" encouraged to submit a sample for testing. Maybe consider refunding the $ of the hunters tag in exchange for the sample within a 10 mile radius. It's our best chance of quickly determining if the cat is out of the bag.
Days of strong winds and trees inevitably fall on the fence where the deer can jump out. Trophy deer are targeted by perps who cut an "escape hole" in the fence.How does a deer "escape" from a ranch that is high fenced all around the compound? I know they have had holes cut in the fence before so deer could escape but you would think they would have had these deer in areas so they can't get out.
The military used to call these situations a BFO: a Blinding Flash of the Obvious.Wow, CWD at a game ranch? Who would have thunk it.
I'm all for making life for businesses better, but I'm totally against commercializing and/or privatizing game and exotic animals. If my business were to somehow impose a risk or threaten you or your property, then you could/should sue me.Personally, all the deer should be killed and the place double fenced and never used again. Like an atomic bomb went off devoid of all life. Many states have had issues within the immediate areas and everything needs to be tested for many years. Anymore found positive, then more deer are eradicated as well. This is a no win folks. Sent from my iPhone.
I'm not a veterinarian but I can pretend to be on the Internet. Deer (cervids), cows (bovines), sheep (stinky), humans and maybe other life forms suffer from one or another form of spongiform encephalopathy...I think. I don't know if there is any species jumping...yet. So, a squirrel in a corral of sick whitetails shouldn't be carrier of the disease to other whitetails or squirrels...I think.Even with a double fence could a squirrel not climb through/over come in contact with that and then pass it along to non-captive deer outside? Anyone educated on the transmission of it, is this possible?