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Final Thoughts on CWD
According to a published report by the Denver Post, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials (who have dealt with CWD for 52 years) only advises hunters who kill deer and elk from herds where 5 percent or more of males are infected to have animal carcasses tested. Remember, Colorado is ground-zero for CWD — having discovered the disease in a native mule deer that was later placed in an enclosure and subjected to Frankenstein-like tests. Despite having the disease in deer and elk for more than five decades, officials report infection rates of 16 percent or less in pockets across the state.
For those who are worried about CWD threatening the economic impact of deer hunting in their respective states:
Colorado has been dealing with CWD for 52 years, yet the state’s economic impact from deer and elk hunting in 2019 will still exceed $1 billion. In Larimer County alone, the economic impact is $38 million annually. Colorado’s Parks & Wildlife Department advises hunters to have their deer tested only if the deer is taken from an area with an infection rate of 5 percent or higher.
All other states combined, despite having tested more than 1 million animals, are showing a national incidence level of 0.4 percent.
Should we advocate for more CWD research? Absolutely. But the fake-news “zombie apocalypse” must stop. People, please. We need to jump off this hamster wheel of fear mongering. Now.
Final Thoughts on CWD
According to a published report by the Denver Post, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials (who have dealt with CWD for 52 years) only advises hunters who kill deer and elk from herds where 5 percent or more of males are infected to have animal carcasses tested. Remember, Colorado is ground-zero for CWD — having discovered the disease in a native mule deer that was later placed in an enclosure and subjected to Frankenstein-like tests. Despite having the disease in deer and elk for more than five decades, officials report infection rates of 16 percent or less in pockets across the state.
For those who are worried about CWD threatening the economic impact of deer hunting in their respective states:
Colorado has been dealing with CWD for 52 years, yet the state’s economic impact from deer and elk hunting in 2019 will still exceed $1 billion. In Larimer County alone, the economic impact is $38 million annually. Colorado’s Parks & Wildlife Department advises hunters to have their deer tested only if the deer is taken from an area with an infection rate of 5 percent or higher.
All other states combined, despite having tested more than 1 million animals, are showing a national incidence level of 0.4 percent.
Should we advocate for more CWD research? Absolutely. But the fake-news “zombie apocalypse” must stop. People, please. We need to jump off this hamster wheel of fear mongering. Now.