Ldsoldier
Old Mossy Horns
So because other states did stupid stuff we should, too. Is that your point?
I know what I delivered in the information I posted was true. And people in this state as well as others have been misled and misinformed by groups or agencies or individuals . What do you think my point is?
You posted that other states have moved CWD around by moving infected cervids. Therefore, NC should allow deer farmers to import deer that may be infected because other states imported deer that were infected. It makes about that much sense. What I glean from the information that you posted is that we should maintain the ban on importing out of state cervids by all groups, government and private. Unfortunately, we can't do much about the feds....
Everyone can form their own conclusions from information above just as you have. NC farmers have been lied to, been misled and fed misinformation for 12 years . When someone has a legit business and doing what they like that makes a living for their family and they get one story after another and their business gets shut down they have a right to be upset. A producer or farmer will not get any deer from the wild anyway and they will only buy from a certified herd. Again this state and others , the questionable deer management asso, wildlife federation/camo coalition, hsus etc..have overblown the whole cwd thing and now are going to have to start answering to it. How many deer were lost in this state this year to EHD and hunters tags not being filled or they hold off hunting their area in hopes that their lands will repopulate in the next few years . You don't see the states or these private conservation groups ringing a alarm bell over that do you?
That guy Dan Yoder was warned by other deer farmers and he was a single individual in that state that deer farmers wanted gone but the state was slow to act on him. I as a lot of others are glad he was closed .If there are 20,000 producers across the country and you have one bad apple the whole industry get the blame game placed on it. But it shows that the testing program in place works . He had 1 deer test positive and again the program works to protect herds. Too bad state agencies cannot follow USDA transport and safety protocols.
Everyone can form their own conclusions from information above just as you have. NC farmers have been lied to, been misled and fed misinformation for 12 years . When someone has a legit business and doing what they like that makes a living for their family and they get one story after another and their business gets shut down they have a right to be upset. A producer or farmer will not get any deer from the wild anyway and they will only buy from a certified herd. Again this state and others , the questionable deer management asso, wildlife federation/camo coalition, hsus etc..have overblown the whole cwd thing and now are going to have to start answering to it. How many deer were lost in this state this year to EHD and hunters tags not being filled or they hold off hunting their area in hopes that their lands will repopulate in the next few years . You don't see the states or these private conservation groups ringing a alarm bell over that do you?
Oh so now you say these groups use scare tactics or misinformation to draw a reaction??? You need to do better than that!! At least I can back up the language with science based facts, not opinions or suggestions like some of those you may be close to. But just to satisfy some of your interest quite a few people in multi states right now that are now formed together on a professional level to bring the individuals , groups , media or a agency to start showing factual scientific proof for their statements. That single line thinking on the one way street is about to run out of road for them pretty soon.
How did a Captive Deer from a "Quarantined" CWD Positive Deer Pen in Ohio get out into the "Wild" population??
Not looking good for those Temporarly "Holding" Whitetail Deer & Elk...
Quote (Below) from todays WRAL piece on the Opossum Drop.
"Assistant Attorney General Tamara Zmuda said the state is not required to regulate opossums, and PETA lacks the legal standing to force it to do so".
"They don’t have the right to protect the possum. They don’t own the possum. The state owns the possum," she argued. "Even though they want to protect the possum, they just don’t have a legal right to do it."
One can be assured an "Opossum" is "Otherwise Indistinguishable in a Clear Box or in the Wild". That means its "Wildlife".
Summary - Captive Whitetail Deer and Elk are too "Indistinguishable in Captivity or in the Wild" therefore, Wildlife and property of the Public Trust and managed by the State.
http://www.wral.com/court-ruling-again-threatens-annual-possum-drop/14248383/#LyqD9A8iYrxkYsVR.99
They're not actually owned by the state. They're owned by the public, held in trust and managed by the state. There is a difference.