I sent this out to the American Cervid Alliance and hopefully it will be circulating through all the state associations.
Below is a so-called piece of journalism ran in the Cedar Rapids Gazette today. The Dale Garner quoted is the same objective individual on the CWD Standards Working Group. This is who Dr. Patty Klein has helping her to set rules for the cervid industry. Mr.Garner is trying to lead Iowans to believe that 40% of the wild herd in Wiscinsin has died as a result of CWD, and if Iowa doesn't act there won't be any deer left in Iowa.
I hope everyone is going to wake up and realize that this industry is in serious jeopardy. We are being attacked on all fronts by many different groups and this IS a coordinated effort. We can no longer be in denial and think these attacks are going away, ignoring these only portrays weakness that emboldens those deadset on ending the cervid industry.
I would hope that we can get as many members to write James Lynch the author of this garbage and set him straight on the facts. Letters to Mr. Dale Garner would also let him know we are not going to allow him to smear this industry and lie to the public.
Thanks Eric Mohlman, Executive Director NAEBA - ACA Information Coordinator
Updated: 29 January 2013 | 4:00 pm in Statewide News
James Q. Lynch
[email protected]
Senator calls for double-fencing to protect wild white-tail deer
Officials hope to prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
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DES MOINES - To reduce the threat of Chronic Wasting Disease being transmitted Iowa's deer herd, legislation has been introduced to require double fencing of deer farms and shooting preserves where white-tail deer are kept.
Senate File 59, introduced by Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairman **** Dearden, D-Des Moines, Jan. 28, would increase the height requirement for fences around deer farms and preserves from eight feet to 10 and add a requirement for 10-foot secondary fence. He wants to make sure the captive deer are kept in as well as prevent nose-to-nose contact between the captive deer and the wild herd.
Dale Garner, Iowa Department of Natural Resources wildlife bureau chief, hadn't seen the bill Tuesday afternoon, but said the double-fencing would help.
"It's easy for me to recommend that because I don't have to pay for it," he said after briefing the House Natural Resources Committee on CWD. Fencing around a Pottawattamie County deer farm where CWD was found cost $97,000, he said.
Dearden isn't worried about the cost of the fences as much as the cost of CWD in the wild deer herd.
"Look at the cost to the Iowa economy" if CWD spread into the wild deer herd, he said. "How expensive would it be if we lost our (wild) herd?"
The DNR says deer hunting annually generates $137 million, has a $214 million economic impact and supports 2,838 jobs in Iowa. It also generates $15 million in federal tax revenue and another $14.7 million in state taxes, the department said.
In Wisconsin, Garner said, the lethal neurological disease has reduced deer numbers by 40 percent, Garner said.
The DNR spends more than $300,000 a year testing deer carcasses for CWD. There is no live test. Dearden said 42,000 tests of wild deer have not found one case of CWD. In tests of 4,000 captive deer, 17 returned positive for CWD.
Although fences will help reduce the risk of spreading CWD to the wild herd, there are no easy answers, Garner said.
"It's a long-term disease you don't solve in a couple of days," Garner said. "When you get into this, you're in for the long haul."
Below is a so-called piece of journalism ran in the Cedar Rapids Gazette today. The Dale Garner quoted is the same objective individual on the CWD Standards Working Group. This is who Dr. Patty Klein has helping her to set rules for the cervid industry. Mr.Garner is trying to lead Iowans to believe that 40% of the wild herd in Wiscinsin has died as a result of CWD, and if Iowa doesn't act there won't be any deer left in Iowa.
I hope everyone is going to wake up and realize that this industry is in serious jeopardy. We are being attacked on all fronts by many different groups and this IS a coordinated effort. We can no longer be in denial and think these attacks are going away, ignoring these only portrays weakness that emboldens those deadset on ending the cervid industry.
I would hope that we can get as many members to write James Lynch the author of this garbage and set him straight on the facts. Letters to Mr. Dale Garner would also let him know we are not going to allow him to smear this industry and lie to the public.
Thanks Eric Mohlman, Executive Director NAEBA - ACA Information Coordinator
Updated: 29 January 2013 | 4:00 pm in Statewide News
James Q. Lynch
[email protected]
Senator calls for double-fencing to protect wild white-tail deer
Officials hope to prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
________________________________________
DES MOINES - To reduce the threat of Chronic Wasting Disease being transmitted Iowa's deer herd, legislation has been introduced to require double fencing of deer farms and shooting preserves where white-tail deer are kept.
Senate File 59, introduced by Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairman **** Dearden, D-Des Moines, Jan. 28, would increase the height requirement for fences around deer farms and preserves from eight feet to 10 and add a requirement for 10-foot secondary fence. He wants to make sure the captive deer are kept in as well as prevent nose-to-nose contact between the captive deer and the wild herd.
Dale Garner, Iowa Department of Natural Resources wildlife bureau chief, hadn't seen the bill Tuesday afternoon, but said the double-fencing would help.
"It's easy for me to recommend that because I don't have to pay for it," he said after briefing the House Natural Resources Committee on CWD. Fencing around a Pottawattamie County deer farm where CWD was found cost $97,000, he said.
Dearden isn't worried about the cost of the fences as much as the cost of CWD in the wild deer herd.
"Look at the cost to the Iowa economy" if CWD spread into the wild deer herd, he said. "How expensive would it be if we lost our (wild) herd?"
The DNR says deer hunting annually generates $137 million, has a $214 million economic impact and supports 2,838 jobs in Iowa. It also generates $15 million in federal tax revenue and another $14.7 million in state taxes, the department said.
In Wisconsin, Garner said, the lethal neurological disease has reduced deer numbers by 40 percent, Garner said.
The DNR spends more than $300,000 a year testing deer carcasses for CWD. There is no live test. Dearden said 42,000 tests of wild deer have not found one case of CWD. In tests of 4,000 captive deer, 17 returned positive for CWD.
Although fences will help reduce the risk of spreading CWD to the wild herd, there are no easy answers, Garner said.
"It's a long-term disease you don't solve in a couple of days," Garner said. "When you get into this, you're in for the long haul."
