Injustice in the Upper Peninsula
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Chronic Wasting Disease:
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Click here for the original article and to post comments."The 2008 firearm deer season opened under a veil of change and suspicion among hunters and non-hunters alike in Michigan.
"I am very concerned about the future of hunting for Michigan," said rocker and avid deer hunter Ted Nugent. "We have taken the spirit of hunting and put it in the hands of the bureaucrats."
Many hunters share Nugent's apprehension. Depending on who you ask, the source of all the concern is either chronic wasting disease (CWD), or how the Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources have responded to it.
After
the discovery of a doe stricken with CWD at a private cervid facility
in Kent County, the Department of Agriculture (MDA) issued a ban on all
baiting in the lower peninsula. The Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) was charged with enforcing the ban...." Click here to read more.
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Ban on baiting may not curb spread of disease
"...On the other hand, the recent column on chronic wasting disease (CWD) quite possibly would not have been read on Beaver Island, in northern Lake Michigan, and almost certainly would have gone unnoticed in Bacliff, Texas, had it not been for its appearance online.
Terry Singletary, in Bacliff, responded almost immediately,
acknowledging that his mother had died of a similar disease, that does
affect humans. Considering the "tons of" research material and
documentation he forwarded to me, he's obviously intensely interested
in any related event, however remotely it might attach...."
Click here to read Mr. Guenther's article in full.
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CWD Must Reads:
* Presentation on Chronic Wasting Disease by Jeffrey Powers, DVM
* TESTIMONY TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
* Todd Stittleburg's letter regarding CWD
* Copper bullet for chronic wasting disease?
- Dr. Murray McBride - Cornell University
* Cervid Facilities in Michigan - Map
* Tracking Prions
* Cadmium
* FRESH RESEARCH REPORT OF A TRACE METAL-CWD STUDY AT SASKATOON UNIVERSITY IS BEING EXPLOITED TO DISCREDIT A MISREPRESENTED VERSION OF PURDEY’S THEORY
* Levels of Cadmium in the Environment
* Chronic Wasting Surveillance Targets Mt. Horeb Area Whitetails
* Mad Deer Epidemic?
Here is what Wyoming DNR officials had to say
* Deer Feeding Legal Action . Com
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Court Petition challenges Michigan deer baiting ban
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A good article with much information regarding breeding deer in captivity:
Deer Breeding BOOMING in Texas &
With That Comes CONTROVERSY
a critique of current models and their application
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Demographic Patterns and Harvest Vulnerability of
Deer bait to have its day in court
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Hunters disappointed,
farm owners devastated
by deer and elk quarantine
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* Oceana farmer, others challenge deer baiting ban
* Michigan Legislators Issue Recommendation on CWD Baiting Ban
* Politicians urge lift of baiting ban
* DNR urged to lift deer bait ban
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* Deer Farm Industry in Michigan Issues Statement on the Recent Chronic Wasting Disease Case Identified on a Kent County Deer Farm
* CWD rule: If it attracts deer, remove it
(You'll notice that they still don't mention food plots!)
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