Oklahoma HB 3462 is now law

[brocksw]

Bill language:

http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/hB/HB3462%20ENR.PDF?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR09crJk4EZkzitWXc3yzmnJhZ_dCEtnY4uP981e4dcH_NkKgBly6UBprKM_aem_AXFeSEMJrddYd5SMyL-ZpJFLNbYWz4kC5E6hHJPhHCrX-Y1d4Eu1mpEe-xjGMvuqGLvCMLWps8T5iFHjf5mJp35x

Can We Breed Our Way Out of CWD? Oklahoma Wants to Try.

Update (5/6/2024): Governor Kevin Stitt has signed this bill. Oklahoma residents will still have a chance to weigh in when the Department of Agriculture promulgates the rules that will govern the new program. Update (5/1/2024): The full Oklahoma legislature passed this bill and sent it to...

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[brocksw]

Ep. 273: Special Drop with Kip Adams of the National Deer Association | MeatEater Podcasts

For this week's special drop, we dig into an Oklahoma bill (HB 3462) that aims to release pen-raised deer into the wild. Joining us is Kip Adams, the Chief Conservation Officer for the National Deer Association. We'll get into CWD testing, what "CWD resistance" actually means, and if this...

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[Sytes]

"Hunting and conservation groups say the CWD Genetic Improvement Act poses a risk to Oklahoma’s wild deer herds because it’s based on emerging science that has, so far, only been studied in captive deer populations.

It’s not so much the research itself but the way the state wants to implement this research that worries them: private landowners will be allowed to buy whitetails bred in captivity as soon as 2026, and release them onto their own low-fence ranches and farms."

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

A new law in Oklahoma aims to increase the "genetic durability" of deer by releasing selectively bred whitetails into the wild.

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@Hunting Wife , would be great to read your position. More often than not, the vast majority value/respect your thoughts.

Still around?

 

[WildWill]

I'd prefer them to just leave well enough alone stuff like this normally compounds the problem it rarely solves it. But I will add IMO it's a better alternative to the "kill them to save them" tactic employed by other states. It's definitely based on emerging science but couldn't that be said about all cwd research?