Indiana article

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Another Indy Star story,


 


http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/07/25/chronic-wasting-disease-genuine-threat/13170089/


 

Chronic wasting disease is genuine threat
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margin-left:60px;(0,0,0);' ', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', ;In response to The Star’s series on deer farming, Don Davis, in his June 30 op-ed, dismissed Ryan Sabalow’s reporting as a one-sided attack on the family farm. Davis’ arguments, clearly in support of the captive deer industry, ignore broad policy questions, and attempt to minimize the risk this industry poses to our wildlife resources and, potentially, to human health.
margin-left:60px;(0,0,0);' ', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', ;Most business types involve a spectrum of actors: some exemplary, most hardworking and honest, and (unfortunately) a few scoundrels. The recent spate of Lacey Act convictions, including some in Davis’ home state of Texas, for illegally transporting deer across state lines, underscores that point. With a disease like chronic wasting disease, a single reckless incident may move disease and cause irreparable harm to the public’s wildlife resources.
margin-left:60px;(0,0,0);' ', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', ;Sabalow concluded that farmed deer, because of inadequate testing and frequent movement between facilities and states, constitute a risk to wild deer. Davis argues against this route of disease transmission and suggests, “If anything, it is more accurate to say the opposite� (implying that wild deer, a public resource, constitute a risk to privately-held deer farmers). Canadian epidemiologists have concluded that movement between game farms is the root cause of CWD spread in Canada (with the original source being a South Dakota game farm), and that the disease subsequently spilled over into wild deer. CWD prevalence in wild deer in parts of Saskatchewan is nearly 50 percent. According to Davis’ theory, the opposite occurs in the U.S.?
margin-left:60px;(0,0,0);' ', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', ;Davis attempts to minimize potential disease impacts by stating that “CWD occurs in only about four in 1,000 deer.� True, but a trained epidemiologist should recognize that national averages provide a rather incomplete picture for infectious diseases, which tend to cluster on the landscape.
margin-left:60px;(0,0,0);' ', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', ;Davis continues by stating that CWD prevalence is lower in game farms than in wild deer. Again, a misleading argument, because game farms have historically been quickly depopulated (at taxpayer expense and with taxpayer-provided indemnification) after the initial detection of disease (before prevalence can rise).
margin-left:60px;(0,0,0);' ', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', ;Davis concludes that CWD “does not appear to be a threat to humans.� John Gummer, former British environment secretary, famously made the same statement about mad cow disease in a “made-for-media� event where he fed a hamburger to his daughter to demonstrate the safety of British beef. We know how that turned out. One thing the study of diseases has shown us is to “never say never.�
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Gary

Jerilee, you might be surprised at the reason Dr. Davis is no longer associated with ACA. Perhaps you should check with the ACA or even Dr. Davis.

stevel950781406382963

Jerilee, you might be surprised at the reason Dr. Davis is no longer associated with ACA. Perhaps you should check with the ACA or even Dr. Davis.


I want to set the record straight for all the naysayers and conspiracy theorist out there. First off i am here to tell you that i am not from any association, alliance or special interest group. I am for the cervid breeders and agriculture families all across the country. I personally sit on the ACA media review committee, which was put together with VOLUNTEERS from 36 state associations that make up the ACA counsel. There are a lot of people spending hours upon hours trying to help the industry with the one goal to have an industry for our families and children at the end of the day. I challenge everyone to quit trying to find holes in the ship and just climb onboard and work together.


Carolyn here is the letter that was sent out to the group and should explain any questions anyone should have about Dr. Davis and the ACA. You can forward this on to anyone wanting to know the truth!


"Fellow leaders,

Yesterday’s West Virgina MetroNews article has been removed at our request. An unfortunate mistake was made last week with one of our responses to inaccurate comments made by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. There was a breakdown in communication between our PR firm and myself and a response I made to our PR firm was misinterpreted and the editorial was sent to several media outlets. We were working on a response intended to be signed by Dr Davis, however, he declined to sign this particular release. We then asked Dr. Bugai to sign the editorial instead, which he agreed to do after we incorporated his suggested changes. It wasn’t until I submitted Dr. Bugai’s editorial that I learned the original draft had been submitted to the media with Dr. Davis name attached. Unfortunately one of the pieces was picked up by Chris Lawrence. We have now been successful getting the rest of the papers that had agreed to run the editorial to pull it back and Chris Lawrence has removed it as well.


This should not have happened and safeguards are now in place that will keep this from happening again. We regret this error and we humbly apologize to Dr. Davis. He will no longer be serving as our alliance’s scientific adviser. We have the upmost respect for Dr. Davis and thank him for everything he has done to support this industry.


As you can imagine, there are literally dozens of articles emailed back and forth between the ACA Media Review Committee and the PR firm. This was not a malicious attempt by anyone to discredit Dr. Davis, nevertheless it was a gross error in which I take full responsibility. In the first two months we have been very successful with the positive messaging that has been seen around the country and we want to see this continue as it helps protect all our states. As I stated we will ensure this error never happens again.


Thank you for your support of this industry’s alliance.

Charly Seale"



I don't have time to play these smoke and mirrors games, i would rather spend my extra time working to help the industry.

Anyone that wants to help, can send any negative article found on the web to my email [email protected]

Hang in there!!!

Just for the record, that post was by Steve, not Carolyn.

Indiana is ground zero where the battle with these wacky conservation groups and the HSUS is being fought. We have a conservative majority in our state house and senate. We also currently have a conservative governor. Again, if these wacky conservationist groups are able to convince the conservative minded business friendly politicians here in Indiana that their socialist egalitarian wildlife model is an umbrella that covers our high fenced private property and the animals we have owned for decades, then every state's deer industry will soon after fall quickly to the same sword. It would behoove the whole industry to recognize this. We don't have big money and a strong organization here that some other states enjoy. We are in dire need for the best minds in our industry to come to Indiana and testify in the summer study that senate president David Long has put in place. This summer study in our legislature is a platform to inform the uniformed and make a real difference.

I think Kyle Hupker has been making David Longs opinions for him. I don't think Mr Long is that informed and is simply relying on Kyle's credibility since he is a former DNR head hog.

I seen Kyle Hupfer lie under oath.   He got shamed when he ran for office a couple years ago and lost miserably.  He simply is unlikable and arrogant.  But he is the chosen child of Mitch so people have to tolerate him.  After ten years in the legislature you would think they would like for it to go away.  We will see how serious they are during this summer study committee.  Hopefully its not a dog and pony show.

I know for a fact several leaders in our BOAH do not think very highly of Kyle.

Why has the head of the senate natural resources committee been left off the summer study panel???

Just wanted to say thank you to Charly Seale for writing a great response to the Brandon Butler article that appeared in the Dubois County Herald in southern Indiana and all those from the ACA who have worked to get these responses published.

In recent meetings with members of our legislature we have been assured that things are moving in a positive direction for us. Thanks to all who are working hard behind the scene. So much is decided before a bill is even heard or a panel study hearing takes place. As Sam said in Missouri informing the uninformed is vital. Our legislators are wanting more information about our industry. We should all try to do our part and forward information to them as often as we can. It makes a huge difference when we actually fight back!