sandbur
5 year old buck +
I realize that nobody wants it to happen to them but it is absolutely the right thing to do. It isn't the first time it has popped in Mn, they eradicated deer in that area and it seemed to stop it. I live near the TB area in NW MN and the same thing was done there. It made for a few rough years but deer are filling back in now and TB isn't running wild in the population. I think the only thing that MN has to fear is that neighboring states are letting it spread without interruption and eventually we are going to have a problem on the eastern boundary of the state.
I totally agree with the above post, but also somewhat agree with the post after your comment.
If a disease is caught early in an area, we must do everything possible to eliminate (or in this case restrict) it's spread. We did it with TB and apparently did fairly well with the previous CWD case in wild deer.
If or when, CWD gets a strong foothold, a decision will need to be made on control over a widespread area, instead of restriction/elimination of the disease locally. A decisions will also need to be made on amount of dollars to be spent on the program.
If we can buy some time before widespread CWD, we might have new information on control, effect on populations of deer, and potential for human infection. At present human infection does not seem likely.