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  • More on the controversy over the escaped domestic elk in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    The Missoulian has an editorial. “Game-farm breakout highlights risks.” “SUMMARY: Montana clamped down on game farms, but risks persist right across the Idaho line.” So does the Idaho Statesman. “Our View: Elk escape shouldn’t tarnish industry.” The Stateman says most elk farms follow the rules and boost the economy, but the editorial says “canned hunts”…

  • Idaho F&G may open hunt for escaped [domestic] elk, but owner says animals pose no threat

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Barker has an article on the controversial elk escape in today’s Idaho Statesman. In Idaho when Barker writes a story, that means its big news. Story.

  • 8 domesticated elk killed by Idaho Fish and Game officers

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is more on the on-going story of the elk that escaped from the Chief Joseph hunting reserve, and the State of Idaho’s effort to kill them. Article

  • Idaho let elk breeder off the hook in 2002

    Ralph Maughan

    “[Idaho State Senator Laird] Noh wasn’t surprised. Rammell is a familiar name, a man Noh described in 2002 as a ‘bad actor’ who shouldn’t have been ‘legislated off the books’ when state lawmakers forgave some $750,000 in fines that the elk breeder owed to the state for numerous violations.” –  –  –  – The newspapers…

  • More on the escaped elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game has a news release today on the elk. – – – Date: September 8, 2006 Contact: Ed Mitchell (208) 334-3700 Governor Risch authorizes immediate harvesting of escaped elk JAMES E. RISCH GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Brad Hoaglun September 7, 2006 (208) 334-2100 BOISE – Governor Jim Risch signed…

  • Idaho game farm elk escape worries Wyoming.

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s usually the other way arong, with Wyoming game management worrying Idaho. Wyoming elk even passed on brucellosis to Idaho cattle, causing Idaho to lose its “brucellosis free” status. The escape of these farm elk into the greater Yellowstone elk population now worries Wyoming, a state with sloopy elk management, but also a state that…

  • More than 100 domestic elk escape in Idaho near Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    People have been fearing this for a long time. Hopefully the domestic elk have no disease. The politics of the whole is really disgusting, but perhaps the outcome will be to put strong controls on these private elk “hunting” reserves, and maybe like the good folks in Montana did, shut them down. They are an…

  • WY brucellosis elk test and slaughter failure, may lead to more not less brucellosis

    Ralph Maughan

    A high proportion of Wyoming elk that reside on state run elk feedlots in the winter (or the National Elk Refuge near Jackson) are infected with or exposed to brucellosis. Elk that “winter out” have far lower infection rates, but WY Game and Fish, under pressure from ag interests, wants to keep those feedlots. So…

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