Wildlife Disease
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“In Montana, we said it’s a bad idea to pen up a bunch of elk, feed them oats and have fat bankers from New York City shoot them while they’ve got their heads in a grain bucket,” Schweitzer said Wednesday during an interview in the Boise offices of The Associated Press.
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A bull elk from the Pine Mountain “Ranch” in Eastern Idaho has escaped. It was shot by state officials after wandering about 10 miles. The ranch said they didn’t know the 7-point antlered bull was missing. Earlier 160 or so domestic elk broke out of another Eastern Idaho shooter elk operation, making international news. Read…
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“Buffaloed” asked if I would post this. Buffaoled puts two issues together in way that makes sense to me. Ralph Maughan – – – – Freudenthal to Idaho: Ban Game Farms While I agree with Wyoming Governor Freudenthal’s call for closing of game farms in Idaho it reminds me of this article from back in…
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This is from a news release today from the University of Wyoming. It is interesting that the rouge prions don’t show up in in the hearts of mule deer. There is of yet little evidence that CWD can jump from cervids to humans like mad cow did from cattle to humans. Nevertheless, I would be…
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The Ethiopian wolf will greatly benefit from the rabies vaccination of as few as 30% of their population. Story in the UK Independent. 10/12/06. Here is the abstact of the article, “Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species.”
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In recent years, mange has grown as a problem for wolves of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, both in Montana and Wyoming, although none has been seen inside Yellowstone Park itself. A recent query posted to this blog asked about current conditions, so I contacted Mike Jimenez of USFWS and Carolyn Sime, Jon Trapp, and Liz…
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However, Bill Schneider argues that his heroic status is purely inadvertent. Read the column in New West.
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No wonder this always fatal disease keeps spreading and spreading among the deer and elk of Wyoming, Colorado and into other states. A s c a r y p o r t e n t It’s fortunate mad cow disease is not spread this way! Read about it in the Jackson Hole Star Tribune. “Study…