TEXAS DEER BREEDERS CHEER TWO NEW BILLS SB 1444 AND HB 2092 THAT COULD HELP
POTENTIALLY ENHANCE CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD
PLEASE SEE ;
State officials weigh outdoors recreation issues
James Nielsen, Staff
Authority to regulate Texas' commercial deer breeding industry would shift
from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to Texas Animal Health Commission under
a pair of bills filed in the Texas Legislature.
By Shannon Tompkins
March 14, 2013
shift oversight of the commercial white-tailed deer breeding industry from
the state's wildlife agency to its commercial livestock agency;
snip...
Deer breeding
Identical bills - SB 1444 by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and HB 2092 by
Rep. John Kuempel, R-Seguin - would transfer responsibility for regulating the
commercial breeding of white-tailed and mule deer from Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department to Texas Animal Health Commission.
The relatively new industry built around manipulation of deer genetics to
produce bucks with unusually large antlers has chaffed under TPWD oversight.
Moving regulation of what is, really, a commercial livestock industry to the
Animal Health Commission, which oversees the state's livestock industry, is seen
by the deer breeders as better for their business.
snip...
> Moving regulation of what is, really, a commercial livestock industry
to the Animal Health Commission, which oversees the state's livestock industry,
is seen by the deer breeders as better for their business.
please allow me to explain why this is $$$
by allowing the TAHC to govern over regulation, surveillance, testing, etc.
over the cervid shooting pens in Texas, you simply will have no regulation. a
perfect example would be how the TAHC covered up the first documented stumbling
and staggering mad cow in Texas, and almost got away with covering up another
mad cow in Texas, by allowing the highly suspect BSE samples to sit up on some
shelf for 7 months as negative, while a world of scientists complained, to
finally have to have an act of Congress (yes, literally an act of Congress to
override Austin’s TAHC cover up of mad cow disease in TEXAS), to finally get
that sample sent to Weybridge England, where it was finally confirmed 7+ months
later, all the while the infamous BSE MRR policy i.e. BSE Minimal Risk Policy
went into effect, this policy (thanks to the OIE and the USDA et al), made it
legal to trade Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE prion disease as a
global commodity i.e. as commerce. Thus, this is exactly what you will have with
the TAHC trying to contain CWD in Texas, another cover-up.
NOW, back to the cervid shooting pens in Texas, and why is they are
cheering these bills BILLS SB 1444 AND HB 2092, simply put, it’s like the wolf
guarding the henhouse.
I have seen this from state to state, I have seen the shooting pen industry
try to push this legislation through, simply because they know their industry
will escape stricter regulations and oversight.
if you don’t look, and in the case of Texas TAHC, if you purposely LOOK IN
ALL THE WRONG PLACES FOR OVER A DECADE i.e. TRANS PECOS, like I told TAHC ONE
DECADE (10 years ago), you simply will not find.
I can assure you, IF the TAHC would start testing these captive shooting
pen cervids like they should be tested, and in enough numbers, I think we all
would be very disturbed as to what they would find.
and in my opinion, this is their goal, i.e. SSS policy, same as with the
other TSE mad cow prion type disease.
I urge all HUNTERS and OFFICIALS that might be hunters, to vote these BILLS
SB 1444 AND HB 2092, to VOTE NO, and to keep the captive shooting pen industry
under Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
I am saddened once again that Shannon Tompkins of the Houston Chronicle has
chosen to stay silence and mum on the risk from these captive shooting pens,
farms, ranches, from the Chronic Wasting Disease CWD, and other disease, they
bring with them. I wonder how many of these shooting pens he has seen or been on
over the years ? maybe Mr. Tompkins has forgot what he has written about in the
past about CWD and risk factors there from when he was writing about CWD _before
Texas was documented state?
Thursday, December 27, 2012
CWD TSE PRION, dr. deer, shooting pen type game farms and ranchers, Texas,
TAHC, Houston Chronicle, all silent about disease ?
Thursday, December 13, 2012
HUNTERS FEELING THE HEAT Houston Chronicle December 13, 2012 OUTDOORS not
talking about CWD in Texas
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Chronic Wasting Disease CWD, Texas, Houston Chronicle Shannon Thomkins 1998
- 2012 what happened ???
Thursday, July 12, 2012
CWD aka MAD DEER, ELK DISEASE TEXAS HOUSTON CHRONICLE Wednesday, July 11,
2012
please see reference materials below ;
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Chronic Wasting Disease in Bank Voles: Characterisation of the Shortest
Incubation Time Model for Prion Diseases
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Captive Deer Breeding Legislation Overwhelmingly Defeated During 2012
Legislative Session
Friday, August 31, 2012
COMMITTEE ON CAPTIVE WILDLIFE AND ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK and CWD 2009-2012 a
review
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
*** A Growing Threat How deer breeding could put public trust wildlife at
risk
2012 CDC REPORT ON CWD
Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012 Synopsis Occurrence, Transmission, and
Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease
snip...
Prevalence and Surveillance
Originally recognized only in southeastern Wyoming and northeastern
Colorado, USA, CWD was reported in Canada in 1996 and Wisconsin in 2001 and
continues to be identified in new geographic locations (Figure 1, panel A). CWD
has been identified in free-ranging cervids in 15 US states and 2 Canadian
provinces and in ≈100 captive herds in 15 states and provinces and in South
Korea (Figure 1, panel B).
snip...
CWD surveillance programs are now in place in almost all US states and
Canadian provinces (Figure 2, panel A). More than 1,060,000 free-ranging cervids
have reportedly been tested for CWD (Figure 2, panel B) and ≈6,000 cases have
been identified (Figure 2, panel C) according to data from state and provincial
wildlife agencies.
snip...
Testing of captive cervids is routine in most states and provinces, but
varies considerably in scope from mandatory testing of all dead animals to
voluntary herd certification programs or mandatory testing of only animals
suspected of dying of CWD.
snip...
Long-term effects of CWD on cervid populations and ecosystems remain
unclear as the disease continues to spread and prevalence increases. In captive
herds, CWD might persist at high levels and lead to complete herd destruction in
the absence of human culling. Epidemiologic modeling suggests the disease could
have severe effects on free-ranging deer populations, depending on hunting
policies and environmental persistence (8,9). CWD has been associated with large
decreases in free-ranging mule deer populations in an area of high CWD
prevalence (Boulder, Colorado, USA) (5). In addition, CWD-infected deer are
selectively preyed upon by mountain lions (5), and may also be more vulnerable
to vehicle collisions (10). Long-term effects of the disease may vary
considerably geographically, not only because of local hunting policies,
predator populations, and human density (e.g., vehicular collisions) but also
because of local environmental factors such as soil type (11) and local cervid
population factors, such as genetics and movement patterns (S.E. Saunders,
unpub. data).
snip...
Controlling the spread of CWD, especially by human action, is a more
attainable goal than eradication. Human movement of cervids has likely led to
spread of CWD in facilities for captive animals, which has most likely
contributed to establishment of new disease foci in free-ranging populations
(Figure 1, panel A). Thus, restrictions on human movement of cervids from
disease-endemic areas or herds continue to be warranted. Anthropogenic factors
that increase cervid congregation such as baiting and feeding should also be
restricted to reduce CWD transmission. Appropriate disposal of carcasses of
animals with suspected CWD is necessary to limit environmental contamination
(20), and attractive onsite disposal options such as composting and burial
require further investigation to determine contamination risks. The best options
for lowering the risk for recurrence in facilities for captive animals with
outbreaks are complete depopulation, stringent exclusion of free-ranging
cervids, and disinfection of all exposed surfaces. However, even the most
extensive decontamination measures may not be sufficient to eliminate the risk
for disease recurrence (20; S.E. Saunders et al. unpub. data)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD WISCONSIN Almond Deer (Buckhorn Flats) Farm
Update DECEMBER 2011
The CWD infection rate was nearly 80%, the highest ever in a North American
captive herd.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board approve the purchase of 80 acres of land for
$465,000 for the Statewide Wildlife Habitat Program in Portage County and
approve the restrictions on public use of the site.
Form 1100-001 (R 2/11) NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD AGENDA ITEM
SUBJECT: Information Item: Almond Deer Farm Update
FOR: DECEMBER 2011 BOARD MEETING TUESDAY TO BE PRESENTED BY TITLE: Tami
Ryan, Wildlife Health Section Chief
SUMMARY:
Friday, February 08, 2013
*** Behavior of Prions in the Environment: Implications for Prion Biology
Friday, November 09, 2012
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD in cervidae and transmission to other
species
Sunday, November 11, 2012
*** Susceptibilities of Nonhuman Primates to Chronic Wasting Disease
November 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Susceptibility Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wild cervids to Humans 2005
- December 14, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
*** CWD, GAME FARMS, urine, feces, soil, lichens, and banned mad cow
protein feed CUSTOM MADE for deer and elk
Subject: CWD SURVEILLANCE STATISTICS TEXAS (total testing figures less than
50 in two years)
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:06:49 –0700
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
greetings list members,
here are some figures on CWD testing in TEXAS...TSS
Dear Dr. Singletary,
In Fiscal Year 2001, seven deer from Texas were tested by the National
Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) for CWD (5 fallow deer and 2 white-tailed
deer). In Fiscal Year 2002, seven elk from Texas were tested at NVSL (no deer).
During these two years, an additional six elk and one white-tailed deer were
tested at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL). In Fiscal
Year 2002, four white-tailed deer (free-ranging clinical suspects) and at least
eight other white-tailed deer have been tested at TVMDL. One elk has been tested
at NVSL. All of these animals have been found negative for CWD. Dr. Jerry Cooke
of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department also has records of 601 clinically
ill white-tailed deer which were necropsied at Texas A&M during the late
1960's and early 1970's, and no spongiform encepalopathies were noted. Thank you
for your consideration.
xxxxxxx
Texas Animal Health Commission
(personal communication...TSS)
Austin 8 news
snip...
"There's about 4 million deer in the state of Texas, and as a resource I
think we need to be doing as much as we can to look for these diseases," said
Doug Humphreys with Texas Parks and Wildlife. "Right now Texas is clear. We
haven't found any, but that doesn't mean we don't look."
With approximately 4 million animals, Texas has the largest population of
white-tailed deer in the nation. In addition, about 19,000 white-tailed deer and
17,000 elk are being held in private facilities. To know if CWD is present in
captive herds, TPWD and Texas Animal Health Commission are working with breeders
to monitor their herds.
How is it spread?
It is not known exactly how CWD is spread. It is believed that the agent
responsible for the disease may be spread both directly (animal to animal
contact) and indirectly (soil or other surface to animal). It is thought that
the most common mode of transmission from an infected animal is via saliva,
feces, and urine.
some surveillance?
beyond the _potential_ methods of transmissions above, why, not a single
word of SRM of various TSE species in feed as a source?
it's a known fact they have been feeding the deer/elk the same stuff as
cows here in USA.
and the oral route has been documented of CWD to mule deer fawns in lab
studies.
not to say that other _potential_ transmission mechanisms are possible, but
why over look the obvious?
TSS
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From: Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD (host25-207.tahc.state.tx.us)
Subject: Re: CWD SAMPLING TEXAS (but NOT in the obvious place, the NM,
TEXAS border)
Date: December 15, 2003 at 3:43 pm PST
In Reply to: CWD SAMPLING TEXAS (but NOT in the obvious place, the NM,
TEXAS border) posted by TSS on December 12, 2003 at 2:15 pm:
Dear sirs:
With regard to your comment about Texas NOT looking for CWD along the New
Mexico border, it is painfully obvious that you do not know or understand the
natural distribution of mule deer out there or the rights of the land owners in
this state. As of 15 December 2003, a total of 42 deer had been sampled from
what we call "Trans-Pecos", beyond the Pecos River. Mule deer are very widely
dispersed through this area, sometimes at densities of one animal per 6 square
miles. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department does not have the legal authority
to trepass on private property to collect deer. Some landowners are cooperative.
Some are not. Franklin State Park is at the very tip of Texas, and deer from the
park have been tested (all negative). One of the single largest land owners
along the border is the National Park Service. Deer and elk from the Guadalupe
Peak National Park cannot be collected with federal permission. The sampling
throughout the state is based on the deer populations by eco-region and is
dictated by the availability of funds. I am concerned about your insinuation
that CWD is a human health risk. We are at a stand-off - you have no proof that
it is and I have no definitive proof that it isn't. However I would say that the
inferred evidence from Colorado, Wyoming and Wisconsin suggests that CWD is not
a human health concern (i.e. no evidence of an increased incidence of human
brain disorders within the CWD "endemic" areas of these states). From my
professional interactions with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, I can
definitely say that they want to do a thorough and sound survey throughout the
state, not willy-nilly "look here, look there". There are limitations of
manpower, finances and, in some places, deer populations. I would congratulate
TPWD for doing the best job with the limitations at hand rather than trying to
browbeat them when you obviously do not understand the ecology of West Texas.
Thank you for your consideration.
======================
From: TSS (216-119-139-126.ipset19.wt.net)
Subject: Re: CWD SAMPLING TEXAS (but NOT in the obvious place, the NM,
TEXAS border)
Date: December 16, 2003 at 11:03 am PST
In Reply to: Re: CWD SAMPLING TEXAS (but NOT in the obvious place, the NM,
TEXAS border) posted by Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD on December 15, 2003 at 3:43
pm:
HEllo Dr. Waldrup,
thank you for your comments and time to come to this board.
Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD states;
> it is painfully obvious that you do not know or understand the natural
distribution of mule deer out there or the rights of the land owners in this
state...
TSS states;
I am concerned about all deer/elk not just mule deer, and the rights of
land owners (in the case with human/animal TSEs) well i am not sure of the
correct terminology, but when the States deer/elk/cattle/sheep/humans are at
risk, there should be no rights for land owners in this case. the state should
have the right to test those animals. there are too many folks out there that
are just plain ignorant about this agent. with an agent such as this, you cannot
let landowners (and i am one) dictate human/animal health, especially when you
cannot regulate the movement of such animals...
Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD states;
> Deer and elk from the Guadalupe Peak National Park cannot be collected
with federal permission.
TSS states;
I do not understand this? so there is no recourse of action even if every
deer/elk was contaminated with CWD in this area (hypothetical)?
Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD states;
> I am concerned about your insinuation that CWD is a human health risk.
We are at a stand-off - you have no proof that it is and I have no definitive
proof that it isn't. However I would say that the inferred evidence from
Colorado, Wyoming and Wisconsin suggests that CWD is not a human health concern
(i.e. no evidence of an increased incidence of human brain disorders within the
CWD "endemic" areas of these states)...
TSS states;
NEXT, let's have a look at the overall distribution of CWD in Free-Ranging
Cervids and see where the CWD cluster in NM WSMR borders TEXAS;
Current Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging Cervids
NOW, the MAP of the Exoregion where the samples were taken to test for CWD;
CWD SURVEILLANCE SAMPLE SUBMISSIONS TEXAS
Ecoregions of TEXAS
IF you look at the area around the NM WSMR where the CWD cluster was and
where it borders TEXAS, that ecoregion is called Trans Pecos region. Seems if my
Geography and my Ciphering is correct ;-) that region only tested 55% of it's
goal. THE most important area on the MAP and they only test some 96 samples,
this in an area that has found some 7 positive animals? NOW if we look at the
only other border where these deer from NM could cross the border into TEXAS,
this area is called the High Plains ecoregion, and again, we find that the
sampling for CWD was pathetic. HERE we find that only 9% of it's goal of CWD
sampling was met, only 16 samples were tested from some 175 that were suppose to
be sampled.
AS i said before;
> SADLY, they have not tested enough from the total population to
> know if CWD is in Texas or not.
BUT now, I will go one step further and state categorically that they are
not trying to find it. just the opposite it seems, they are waiting for CWD to
find them, as with BSE/TSE in cattle, and it will eventually...
snip...end...TSS
===============================
Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD (host25-207.tahc.state.tx.us)
WROTE ON
Date: December 15, 2003 at 3:43 pm PST
With regard to your comment about Texas NOT looking for CWD along the New
Mexico border, it is painfully obvious that you do not know or understand the
natural distribution of mule deer out there or the rights of the land owners in
this state. As of 15 December 2003, a total of 42 deer had been sampled from
what we call "Trans-Pecos", beyond the Pecos River. ...END (SEE FULL EMAIL
ABOVE)...END
NOW WHAT IS SO PAINFULLY OBVIOUS IS THAT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, 10 years,
one decade since I kept trying to warn them, the state of New Mexico forced
Texas hand, humiliated them enough, to finally force them to Test right where I
wanted them too, tried to tell them too, 10 years previously, NOW what is so
painfully obvious Dr. Ken Waldrup DVM PhD TAHC ??? is that you were wrong, sadly
wrong. ...
Monday, February 11, 2013
TEXAS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD Four New Positives Found in Trans Pecos
yep, while the Texas deer czar dr. dough was off to Wisconsin pushing the
privately owned shooting pen industry (livestock cervids industry), Texas fell
to CWD, and Texas just reported 4 more CWD postives. ...
for your information...
According to Wisconsin’s White-Tailed Deer Trustee Dr. James Kroll, people
who call for more public hunting opportunities are “pining for socialism.” He
further states, “(Public) Game management is the last bastion of
communism.”
“Game Management,” says James Kroll, driving to his high-fenced,
two-hundred-acre spread near Nacogdoches, “is the last bastion of communism.”
Kroll, also known as Dr. Deer, is the director of the Forestry Resources
Institute of Texas at Stephen F. Austin State University, and the “management”
he is referring to is the sort practiced by the State of Texas. The 55-year-old
Kroll is the leading light in the field of private deer management as a means to
add value to the land. His belief is so absolute that some detractors refer to
him as Dr. Dough, implying that his eye is on the bottom line more than on the
natural world.
Kroll, who has been the foremost proponent of deer ranching in Texas for
more than thirty years, doesn’t mind the controversy and certainly doesn’t fade
in the heat. People who call for more public lands are “cocktail
conservationists,” he says, who are really pining for socialism. He calls
national parks “wildlife ghettos” and flatly accuses the government of gross
mismanagement. He argues that his relatively tiny acreage, marked by eight-foot
fences and posted signs warning off would-be poachers, is a better model for
keeping what’s natural natural while making money off the land.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Dr. James C. Kroll Texas deer czar final report on Wisconsin
Friday, June 01, 2012
*** TEXAS DEER CZAR TO WISCONSIN ASK TO EXPLAIN COMMENTS
Thursday, March 29, 2012
TEXAS DEER CZAR SAYS WISCONSIN DNR NOT DOING ENOUGH ABOUT CWD LIKE POT
CALLING KETTLE BLACK
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Far West Texas
Monday, February 11, 2013
TEXAS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD Four New Positives Found in Trans Pecos
Monday, November 12, 2012
NJ S2024 - Establishes licensing program in Department of Agriculture for
farmed deer and other cervids in New Jersey
Friday, February 03, 2012
Wisconsin Farm-Raised Deer Farms and CWD there from 2012 report Singeltary
et al
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Colorado Farm-Raised Deer Farms and CWD there from 2012 report Singeltary
et al
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Oppose Indiana House Bill 1265 game farming cervids
Monday, February 13, 2012
Stop White-tailed Deer Farming from Destroying Tennessee’s Priceless Wild
Deer Herd oppose HB3164
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
West Virginia Deer Farming Bill backed by deer farmers advances, why ? BE
WARNED CWD
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Sen. Tommy Gollott Mississippi proposes another bill to allow CWD in
Mississippi via Game Farms
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
MICHIGAN SENATE BILL 27 TURNS OVER GAME FARMS and CWD RISK FACTORS THERE
FROM, TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE $
Friday, March 16, 2012
OHIO TURNS OVER CERVID GAME FARMS (and CWD risk) TO DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE, GOD HELP THEM
As Passed by the Senate
129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012 Am. H. B. No. 389
Ohio ranks #3 in Deer and Elk Farms 2010
Deer farms in 82 of 88 counties in Ohio
Ohio’s Fatal Attractions
An overview of captive wildlife issues in Ohio
April 4, 2011
Updated March 20, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
OHIO Captive deer escapees and non-reporting
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing Protocol
Needs To Be Revised
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Oppose Indiana House Bill 1265 game farming cervidsOppose Indiana House
Bill 1265 game farming cervids
NOW, WHO CAPTURES ALL THOSE POTENTIAL CWD SUSPECT ESCAPEES FROM THESE
SHOOTING PENS, AFTER THEY ESCAPE ???
that’s a good question. let’s see how Pennsylvania does it ;
Sunday, January 06, 2013
USDA TO PGC ONCE CAPTIVES ESCAPE
"it‘s no longer its business.”
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA 2012 THE GREAT ESCAPE OF CWD INVESTIGATION MOVES INTO
LOUISIANA and INDIANA
Pennsylvania CWD number of deer exposed and farms there from much greater
than first thought
Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 10:44 PM Updated: Wednesday,
October 17, 2012, 11:33 PM
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
PA Captive deer from CWD-positive farm roaming free
Saturday, October 6, 2012
*** TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF TRANSMISSIBLE
SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES 2011 Annual Report
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The Many Faces of Mad Cow Disease Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE and
TSE prion disease
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
World Organization for Animal Health Recommends United States' BSE Risk
Status Be Upgraded
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack:
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
TAHC Continues Efforts to Eradicate Scrapie
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 3, Number 8 01 August 2003
Tracking spongiform encephalopathies in North America
Xavier Bosch
Thursday, February 21, 2013
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined January
16, 2013
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
A closer look at prion strains Characterization and important implications
Prion
7:2, 99–108; March/April 2013; © 2013 Landes Bioscience
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics; Reopening
of the Comment Period FDA-2004-N-0188-0051
(TSS SUBMISSION) FDA believes current regulation protects the public from
BSE but reopens comment period due to new studies
TSS
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