Wildlife Disease
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Officials in both provinces report that some of these cases are located in new areas – a finding that suggests that the disease may be spreading or that animals with CWD are on the move. This story is from CP by John Cotter. Deer in other provinces tested negative. Officials are afraid it might spread…
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There are too many bison in Jackson Hole, and the rate of infection with brucellosis is far higher than the much persecuted (by Montana) bison of Yellowstone Park. The problem is the winter feeding of the bison at the National Elk Refuge. The presence of the bison only complicates the already grave problem of feeding…
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Despite a lawsuit against issuing another permit for Wyoming to continue its dangerous disease-spreading practice of mass feeding of elk in the wintertime, the Forest Service has prevailed in its effort to reissue the permit for the elk feedlots on national forest land without any analysis of its environmental impacts. The Forest Service used a…
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More bad news from Wyoming. Chronic Wasting Disease (“mad elk” and “mad deer” disease) has spread further in the state. Fortunately, it was not detected moving further west this year – toward the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Story in the Casper Star Tribune. By Brodie Farquhar.
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The powerful livestock organization R-CALF has written to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture urging that a program be implemented to rid the Greater Yellowstone area of brucellosis. This includes Yellowstone Park. The means they suggest for doing this are draconian. According to a story today by Brodie Farquhar in the Casper Star Tribune they include:…
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This is a laudatory story on the operation and intent of bison quarantine facility a few miles north of Yellowstone Park at Corwin Springs, Montana. Preserving park bison gene pool a tough job. By Scott McMillion. Bozeman Chronicle.
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2500 mallards die south of Burley. Bacterial infection is suspected cause of death. By Steve Benson, Idaho Mountain Express.
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Bob Caesar called my attention to this story story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Cougars die from Plague by Cory Hatch. A mother cougar and her kitten died of plague. Two other cougars were found dead of the plague. This is rare in Wyoming, plague being more of a threat in the Southwest,…