Wildlife Disease
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The National Elk Refuge feeds its elk alfalfa pellets, which are easy to distribute around the Refuge, and so reducing the concentration of elk. They think this might reduce the spread of elk and bison diseases. Nevertheless, a sportsman group (SFW-Wyoming) has taken to delivering hay to the Refuge the last two years on the…
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The National Park Service, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS], Forest Service, Montana Department of Livestock and Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold this meeting. Story.
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Billings Gazette. Guest opinion by Don Woerner. Outdated approach used to fight brucellosis. This veterinarian pretty much demolishes the agencies’ approach to brucellosis in elk and bison in the greater Yellowstone area as well as demolishes myths such as that the Greater Yellowstone bison and elk are the last reservoir of brucellosis in the United…
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Another big win for Western Watersheds Project and Advocates for the West in conserving and restoring Idaho’s wildlife heritage. Story in the Magic Valley Times-News. By Keith Ridler. Unfortunately the link to this story on the great victory is dead.
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Earlier I linked to the WWP blog story “Bighorn Sheep Threaten Western Way of Life?” Now the Boise Weekly has reprinted an article from High Country News giving more background into the controversy that led to the successful lawsuit this spring that kept the Payette National Forest from ignoring its court ordered duty to keep…
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Over at the Western Watersheds blog, there is an important story how sheep growers are organizing to hit back at the slow recovery of bighorn sheep. Oh! Not to speed it up, but to stop it and reverse it. Domestic sheep are lethal to bighorns because domestic sheep are full of diseases. Bighorn are also…
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The Montana Board of Livestock voted not to adopt a plan that would free the rest of Montana from being held hostage on brucellosis status because some of the bison and elk in Yellowstone Park are infected with brucellosis. “Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the decision represented ‘misinformation’ spread by the lobbyist of the Montana Stockgrowers…
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CDV is passed through close contact from domestic and feral dogs causing epidemics that often result in mass mortalities – and is pushing some species to the brink of extinction. Rest of the story. How Canine Distemper Virus Jumps Across Species. Science Daily.