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Now we gotta kill wild elk because they get close to game farms? Close the farms!
"HAZELTON — A wild bull elk has been killed by state conservation officers after it repeatedly approached a domestic elk herd.
It is mating season for elk, and the bull kept returning to the Hazelton-area ranch, said Dave Parrish, regional supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The bull was shot with a rifle Monday.
It was the first such incident in Idaho.
The ranch elk did not show signs of disease. But the prospect of wild game approaching fenced animals or otherwise mixing with them is a worry for wildlife managers.
Communicable game diseases could include chronic wasting disease, brucellosis and tuberculosis. Chronic wasting disease has not been detected in Idaho, but some wild big game in other states have contracted it from game farms.
“We just didn´t want to take any chances,” Parrish said. “It´s a big concern, especially with the number of elk ranches in the Magic Valley.”
Domestic elk, fallow deer and reindeer can be raised in Idaho and are regulated as a livestock industry by the state Department of Agriculture.
There are 89 game farms licensed in Idaho, including 15 in Jerome, Twin Falls, Elmore, Cassia and Minidoka counties."
"HAZELTON — A wild bull elk has been killed by state conservation officers after it repeatedly approached a domestic elk herd.
It is mating season for elk, and the bull kept returning to the Hazelton-area ranch, said Dave Parrish, regional supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The bull was shot with a rifle Monday.
It was the first such incident in Idaho.
The ranch elk did not show signs of disease. But the prospect of wild game approaching fenced animals or otherwise mixing with them is a worry for wildlife managers.
Communicable game diseases could include chronic wasting disease, brucellosis and tuberculosis. Chronic wasting disease has not been detected in Idaho, but some wild big game in other states have contracted it from game farms.
“We just didn´t want to take any chances,” Parrish said. “It´s a big concern, especially with the number of elk ranches in the Magic Valley.”
Domestic elk, fallow deer and reindeer can be raised in Idaho and are regulated as a livestock industry by the state Department of Agriculture.
There are 89 game farms licensed in Idaho, including 15 in Jerome, Twin Falls, Elmore, Cassia and Minidoka counties."
