Thanks for the input 1hit-- but you are going to have to do better than that. Lay your CWD cards on the table-- remember, not talking about tuberc., just CWD. These forums are all about an exchange of ideas on issues, so don't hold back so much next time. If ya can't take the "criticism", well--- sorry pard!
Meanwhile feast on this--- mind you, it's not nearly a "tenth" of what you know, but it's all I could dredge up in 10 minutes:
Let's look at a timeline on CWD...granted not my "facts"-- just someone elses: (AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR TROPHY RANCHES/FARMS)
Late 1960s----First recognition of a clinical syndrome termed "chronic wasting disease" in captive mule deer in Colorado
1977/1978----Diagnosis of CWD in mule deer as a spongiform encephalopathy
1978/1979----Diagnosis of CWD in captive mule deer and black-tailed deer in Wyoming
1979----Diagnosis of CWD in captive Rocky Mountain elk
1980----First published report of CWD in captive mule deer
1981----Diagnosis of CWD in free-ranging Rocky Mountain elk in Colorado
1982----First published report of CWD in Rocky Mountain elk
1996---Diagnosis of CWD in game farm elk in Saskatchewan
1997---Diagnosis of CWD in game farm elk in South Dakota
2000/2001----Diagnosis of CWD in free-ranging mule deer in Saskatchewan, possibly associated with CWD affected elk farm
2001---Extensive depopulation of game farm elk in Saskatchewan due to CWD
2001---Diagnosis of CWD in an elk imported from Canada to Korea in 1997
2001----Declaration of a USDA animal emergency because of CWD in game farm elk
2002---Diagnosis of CWD in free-ranging deer associated with an affected game farm in Nebraska
(Adapted from Williams, E.S., M.W. Miller and E.T. Thorne, 2002. Chronic Wasting Disease: Implications and Challenges for Wildlife Management Presented at the 67th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference)
Hmmmmm. Looks like a pattern, huh?
Here's something else, just in case you figured that all this CWD and gamefarms stuff was just a passing fad and 'all better' and regulated now...
WHOOPS.
Wisconsin: Deer with Chronic Wasting Disease Disappear from Game Farm---Officials puzzled when only four deer found on farm
ASSOCIATED PRESS,Duluth News Tribune, Jan. 22, 2006
PLOVER, Wis. - Sharpshooters killed only four deer at a central Wisconsin game preserve where a number of animals were found to have chronic wasting disease. State officials had expected to find as many as 40 deer there.
State officials plan to meet with the preserve's owner for clues as to why so few deer were found in an enclosure where a hole found in a fence prompted concern that some deer escaped.
"We don't know why we found only four deer on the preserve," said Donna Gilson, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Not something I want in MY backyard. (NIMBY)