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Albeit it does not effect us directly but it does indirectly, meaning that some are seeing the big picture of CWD.
House passes elk-ranching bill
Bill would reduce disease inspections
By :GREG MOORE
class="By a vote of 42-27, the Idaho House of Representatives today passed a bill that would reduce the incidence of inspections for disease at commercial elk-raising operations. The bill will now be considered by the Senate.
Rep. Steven Miller, R-Fairfield, supported the bill, while Rep. Donna Pence, D-Gooding, voted against it.
House Bill 431 is intended to put the State Department of Agriculture’s testing program on solid financial footing and to reduce inspection costs for Idaho’s commercial elk industry, which consists of 57 ranchers raising about 3,700 animals.
class="However, some hunters and environmental organizations contend that it would increase the risk of the state’s wild elk herds’ contracting chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness that attacks the brains of elk, deer and moose. There has been no evidence that the disease affects humans, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised people not to eat meat from infected animals.
class="Under current Department of Agriculture rules, elk ranchers must submit the brains of all animals they slaughter or that die of other causes for testing. House Bill 431 would change that to require testing on only 10 percent of dead animals. It would also require that facility inspections be conducted every five years rather than annually.
http://www.mtexpress.com/vu_breaking_story.php?bid=99653#.UvpGUvv-tu0
House passes elk-ranching bill
Bill would reduce disease inspections
By :GREG MOORE
class="By a vote of 42-27, the Idaho House of Representatives today passed a bill that would reduce the incidence of inspections for disease at commercial elk-raising operations. The bill will now be considered by the Senate.
Rep. Steven Miller, R-Fairfield, supported the bill, while Rep. Donna Pence, D-Gooding, voted against it.
House Bill 431 is intended to put the State Department of Agriculture’s testing program on solid financial footing and to reduce inspection costs for Idaho’s commercial elk industry, which consists of 57 ranchers raising about 3,700 animals.
class="However, some hunters and environmental organizations contend that it would increase the risk of the state’s wild elk herds’ contracting chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness that attacks the brains of elk, deer and moose. There has been no evidence that the disease affects humans, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised people not to eat meat from infected animals.
class="Under current Department of Agriculture rules, elk ranchers must submit the brains of all animals they slaughter or that die of other causes for testing. House Bill 431 would change that to require testing on only 10 percent of dead animals. It would also require that facility inspections be conducted every five years rather than annually.
http://www.mtexpress.com/vu_breaking_story.php?bid=99653#.UvpGUvv-tu0
