WY, Feedgrounds, and CWD

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Game and Fish plans for deadly disease at elk feedgrounds - WyoFile

Chronic Wasting Disease would be ‘impossible’ to eradicate once it infects closely congregated herds in winter, a top wildlife health official says.

www.wyofile.com

Public Comment period is from Dec 10 to Jan 8.

 

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What a mess. Seems like this comes up every year or two and nobody likes the solutions of the "other side."

 

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Elk Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in Grand Teton National Park | Wyoming Game & Fish Department

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory confirmed on December 16 that an elk in Grand Teton National Park tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The cow elk was harvested by a participant in the park’s elk reduction program and tissue samples were collected...

wgfd.wyo.gov

 

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It'll turn up the volume a notch, and give litigators another arrow in the quiver. Was certainly just a matter of time.

 

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"Natural predation could be a tool to weed out infected animals, Edwards said. Researchers know mountain lions selectively prey on CWD-infected animals, he said. Some researchers of wolf predation believe wolves may be able to identify those animals that are CWD positive “before they’re showing clinical signs,” he told the group."

I'm not sure why Edwards is pushing this narrative. He was definitely challenged by me at our CWD meeting in Casper as to how mountain lions could detect CWD in their prey. He had no answer and there is zero scientific evidence to prove any predator can. It is obvious to me, any predator, including humans will kill more infected animals if their senses are slowed by disease. Predators kill by opportunity.

This is a typical example of the reporting by Angus Thuermer and Wyofile as it is slightly off topic and biased. As much as some think so, predators most likely are not the "cure all" to CWD.

 

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"Natural predation could be a tool to weed out infected animals, Edwards said. Researchers know mountain lions selectively prey on CWD-infected animals, he said. Some researchers of wolf predation believe wolves may be able to identify those animals that are CWD positive “before they’re showing clinical signs,” he told the group."

I'm not sure why Edwards is pushing this narrative. He was definitely challenged by me at our CWD meeting in Casper as to how mountain lions could detect CWD in their prey. He had no answer and there is zero scientific evidence to prove any predator can. It is obvious to me, any predator, including humans will kill more infected animals if their senses are slowed by disease. Predators kill by opportunity.

This is a typical example of the reporting by Angus Thuermer and Wyofile as it is slightly off topic and biased. As much as some think so, predators most likely are not the "cure all" to CWD.

It's also about the only long form journalism I've found in WY, unless you want to point me towards others I don't know about.

 

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It's also about the only long form journalism I've found in WY, unless you want to point me towards others I don't know about.

Jackson Hole News is out there, but it's just more of the same.

 

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I know @JM77 isn't fond of this news source, but I still find they provide better coverage than many publications in the Cowboy State.

Game & Fish asks public to help solve elk, CWD, feedground puzzle - WyoFile

Wyoming wildlife managers hope to enlist citizen stakeholders to help draft a new paradigm addressing social and biological problems and benefits of feeding elk in winter.

www.wyofile.com