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Jokes aside I don't think selective hunting by any means is a viable solution or even possible.Gorgeous buck. So sad. It sounds crazy at first, but I wonder if you could train hunting dogs to track it? What if the state worked with hunters to train dogs and issue special permits? I’d be down to give it a shot. JLS has the skills. We could pinch dog ears in the park during training and get vilified!
Beef industry, scorched earth has basically been the policy.
I think the real questions are can we apply heavy hunting pressure, will that lower the rates to undetectable or 1-2% levels, will that level remain low if populations rebound.
Generally speaking I'm a bit pessimistic about CWD research coming up with a "cure" given the lack of viable treatments for human equivalents. Though I guess CWD is probably the most important animal disease and CJD probably doesn't break the top 50...