Is everyone just disagreeing about how to stop CWD? Culls in my opinion are not the answer, but at the same time I don't know enough about the subject. Any chance the "sides" in this discussion could reply with a single post, stating what they think is being handled incorrectly, and what should be done?I do think we need more awareness about it, how to identify CWD, and how to adhere to the regulations in place now to help track it. In the next release of iHunter AB app, we will have some CWD specific information. We will show which zones CWD head submission is required, show locations for dropoff points, and include some general info. Will this be helpful at all?
Screw them and their tags..
I will pick this apart tomorrow. But not one point has any stance in this also your info from the states is incorrect. But like I said I will pick it apart. I ask you and Duffy both. What do you personal know about any of this other than what SRD has brain washed you with? People keep thinking cwd is going to disappear. Well sorry boys impossible just like your so called rats and raccoons. Lot more than your zero in Alberta.
I have follow the lastest info on CWD from before it was in Canada(was told it would never come here) and still follow the lastest info at www.CWD-Info.org and other diseases like EHD and Blue Tongue etc as i get e-mails from all across the world and have no problem calling the scientific people and asking pertainate questions or doing some CSI to get my answers .. the lasts 18 years i have been injured and lots of time.. but hey i have talked to Bio's in Colorado and Montana /Alberta /Sask and looked in detail at study's from Germany and many other Universty's around North America and leading experts like Dr Val Giest (to bad we never listen to him in the mid 80's and left the Farmed Elk In Colorado) also Trent Bollinger lead CWD Canadabut hey i am open minded whats your take on CWDDavid
Dr Val Giest (to bad we never listen to him in the mid 80's and left the Farmed Elk In Colorado)
Origins of CWD: The first case of CWD was seen in 1967 in a captive mule deer at the Foothills Wildlife Research Station (operated by the Colorado Dept. of Wildlife) in Ft. Collins and was attributed then by station employees [10] to close confinement of deer to former (scrapie) sheep pasture or to horizontal transmission from sheep allowed [9] into the pens. The shortest known incubation time in deer is 17 months, dating the exposure back to 1965-66 or earlier. Surplus does were released back into the wild after fawning in the facility; the first case in free-ranging wild deer was seen in 1981. Other infected animals were shipped to zoos (Denver, Toronto, Laramie), game farms (see below), and similar research facilities in Colorado and Wyoming.
In 2005, a white-tailed deer found dead adjacent to some farm buildings near the town of Nipawin in north-central Saskatchewan tested positive for CWD. This was the first case of CWD in this area despite previous surveillance in 2001 and 2002. Additional sampling in the area in 2005, 2006 and 2007 detected an additional 35 positive deer (7, 20 and 9 positives respectively) with an average prevalence of 2.6% (with years combined). During the winter of 2008 two elk were found dead west of Nipawin. Both animals were submitted to the CCWHC and tested positive for CWD, marking the first time CWD has been found in elk in the wild in Saskatchewan. Based on the necropsy findings it does not appear that these elk died of CWD.
While CWD appears to have been introduced into Canadian farmed elk through the importation of infected animals from a farm in South Dakota, later found to be infected with CWD, the origin of CWD in free-ranging Canadian cervids is unknown. Possible explanations include extension from infected farms to free-ranging cervids via accidental contact between farmed and wild cervids, or spontaneous emergence of a sporadic form of CWD in wild cervids.
Bang On!!! (and it was S. Dakota)Well I've been sitting back watching this one for awhile, seeing that you have one highly knowledgeable expert in your midst I figured CWD would have been cured by now. Anyhow, it's my opinion that deer and elk farming, the import/export of animals to and from these farms, may be responsible for the spread of chronic wasting disease. Any area that has a high concentration of animals enclosed in a specific area shittin, pissin and druelling on one another has to spell disaster. Another question, how are they keeping records for animals that are shipped in and out of states and provinces. Are they closely monitored by our governments. ( I mean thats if you think they know anything) Are the officials paying any attention to CWD statistics in and around the farms? I hope so.... Animals that are shipped in and out of farms, are they being blood tested for the disease? How strict and regulated are the rules for deer and elk farms? Strict enough? A few questions I have often wondered about.What do you think a deer farmer will do if he see's symptons of CWD in his herd....a real hard one eh! I bet realeasing sick animals in the wild has happened more times then we wish to think about. What farmer wants to take the chance oif that animal contaminatining the soil, food and affecting rest of his herd, it's just much simplier to open the gate.Here's a little food for thought: We all know mule deer and elk are migratory animals, we all know CWD can be passed on from one species to the other and now in moose too.I can't remember exactly when but I know it was recently that a moose hit by a car tested positive for CWD and I believe it was in Sask.
That is bang on. And that is the reason for the cull. reduce the deer density and it should reduce the opportunities that deer will come into close contact
Deerman, I agree with you....but.... you have to go to the source of the problem first, otherwise we only put a band aid on it. The kicker is, trying to convince the government to eliminate a multi-million dollar industry that puts big $$ in their pockets too. Probably not going to happen and the only thing we sportsman (groups) can do is lobby, lobby, lobby.
Justin, first off I'm going to ask if you know how to write proper and that includes spelling too. Next, why can you not make a post without labelling somebody or belittleing them. Do you think you are the only informative authority around here and noone else's opinion, but your own mattters?? You just TOTALLY amaze me (along with a few other things that I won't mention)...Opinions are like azzholes, everybody has one and they are entitled to express theirs. You, Me, Deerman, Speckle or any other member on this board.Question: Do you see other people belittleing your posts. Do they not allow you to speak your mind without saying you are on crack, drunk or whatever. Do you ever post without stopping, re-reading and thinking about what you are saying before you hit the "Post Button" ? Do you like other members and guests to think of you as an arrogant, know-it-all young man, and I'm sure they do. Huh!Get the f-in chip off your shoulder and write your thoughts without calling others names. You are no good for this forum unless you change your ways. People just don't want to deal with your attitude. You are back in full force again , no different from before and I can see it's just a matter of time before you get your azz punted out of here for good.It's easy, stick to the topic, keep the names and labelling out of it. Contribute to the forum which I'm sure you can if you try hard enough. Be respectfull......Justin, we are all legends in our own mind but you'd be surprise how many of us can read beneath the exterior and see the real person.
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