Indiana State Senate chief David Long calls for study of trophy deer industry's disease risks
Indiana State Senate chief David Long calls for study of trophy deer
industry's disease risks
State Senate chief David Long calls for study of trophy deer industry's
disease risks
Ryan Sabalow, ryan.sabalow@indystar.com 9:13 p.m. EDT April 26, 2014
The leader of Indiana's Senate said he's willing to consider closing the
state's borders to live-deer imports in the wake of an Indianapolis Star
investigation that uncovered a link between the trophy deer-breeding industry
and the spread of disease.
State Senate President Pro Tempore David Long, R-Fort Wayne, called for a
summer study session to discuss the disease risks associated with Indiana's
nearly 400 deer farms, and address the decades-long legislative and legal
stalemate over high-fence hunting.
"I think the whole issue needs to be analyzed thoroughly," said Long,
R-Fort Wayne.
The Star's investigation examined the disease risks and ethical concerns
associated with North America's $1 billion captive-deer industry, which breeds
animals with freakishly large antlers and ships them to fenced preserves to be
shot by hunters willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the trophies.
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Some animals are so valuable as breeding stock — with antlers measuring
twice the world record for deer taken in the wild — that farmers pay hundreds of
thousands of dollars for them.
The industry's chief risk is the spread of chronic wasting disease, a mad
cow-like brain disorder that is always fatal to deer and has never been found in
Indiana.
Because there is no approved CWD test for live deer, 21 states have banned
the importation of live deer, fearing CWD outbreaks. Missouri conservation
officials told The Star last week that they plan to issue an import ban, citing
The Star's investigation. Whether it will stick is another question. Officials
expect opposition from the state's deer farmers, who are aggressively pushing a
law that would wrest regulatory control of their industry from wildlife
officials.
Messages left with the Missouri Whitetail Breeders and Hunting Ranch
Association were not returned last week.
More at-risk deer moved to Indiana
Indiana still allows imports from states where CWD has not been found. The
Star learned this week that five farms in Indiana are under quarantine after
state officials discovered that deer shipped in from a farm in Pennsylvania
could have been exposed to CWD. When the deer were imported, CWD had not yet
been found in Pennsylvania.
It's the second time potentially infected deer from Pennsylvania have made
their way into the state. In the first incident, one of the deer, known as
Yellow 47 for the color and number of the tag in its ear, escaped and was never
found.
Such escapes are widespread in the captive industry, raising other disease
concerns as well. Bovine tuberculosis, which can infect cattle and humans, has
been discovered on at least 50 captive deer and elk operations. A deer farm in
Indiana is believed to have spread the disease to cattle, and the government
response cost taxpayers more than $1.2 million.
Long said he was troubled to learn about the latest issue involving
Pennsylvania deer.
The interstate movement of deer has been linked to the spread of disease.
What are we risking for trophies? Robert Scheer/The Star
Pennsylvania agricultural officials told The Star last week that a
5-year-old doe that once lived on a Punxsutawney, Penn., farm with more than 200
other deer tested positive this spring for CWD after it died. The Punxsutawney
farm and the deer on it had been sold last year. They were shipped to 39 farms
in Pennsylvania, as well as facilities in nine other states, including Indiana
and Missouri.
"Any one of these (farms) could have CWD-positive deer today," said Bryan
Richards, the chronic wasting disease project leader at the U.S. Geological
Survey's National Wildlife Health Center.
Richards said taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the massive effort
to track down potentially infected animals in the "web of recent sales," even if
no disease is detected. He said many state wildlife agencies also are likely to
begin testing wild animals near farming or hunting operations that received deer
from the Pennsylvania herd, at a substantial cost.
All of this, Richards said, "exemplifies the risks associated with movement
of live deer."
Shawn Schafer, the North American Deer Farmers Association's executive
director, said the fact that the farms were quarantined is proof the system is
working. "This isn't a raging, blazing case of disease running rampant
throughout the industry," he said.
He said there's no need to limit interstate movement because state and
federal officials test captive deer when they die and use farm records to
backtrack shipments and find other infected animals. The Star, however, found
shoddy record-keeping often hampered efforts to track outbreaks, and deer
escapes were common. There are also proven instances of nose-to-nose contact
with wild deer through deer fences.
Indiana deadlocked for years
Long, Indiana's Senate president, said it may be time for Indiana to follow
the lead of states that have banned deer imports.
"The legislature would be well advised to get some facts on what's going on
in the rest of the country," Long said, "and to see how some of the other states
are responding to this."
State Rep. Sean Eberhart, chairman of the House Natural Resources
Committee, said he'd like to do "an all- encompassing study" that addresses both
disease and how to regulate hunting preserves. The Shelbyville Republican said
he's happy to hear that Sen. Long was open to discussing the idea.
"I need his support, of course," Eberhart said.
Long, who once compared high-fence hunting to dog fighting, agreed that the
summer study committee also should discuss the nearly decade-long stalemate over
how to regulate high-fence hunting in Indiana.
Currently, the state's four hunting preserves are offering hunts without
oversight from wildlife officials, and hunting methods aren't governed by
agricultural humane slaughter standards.
For more than 10 years, Indiana's lawmakers have been unable to reach
agreement on the nearly annual legislation that gets introduced about
high-fenced hunting preserves. A bill that would have set regulatory standards
for preserves was narrowly defeated this year in the Senate.
Without action, fundamental questions remain: Are farm-raised deer
livestock, or wildlife? If they are livestock, why are they not subject to
humane slaughter rules? If they are wildlife, why do hunting rules not
apply?
Such issues have been discussed in Indiana since at least 2004, when an
attorney general report cited ambiguity in the law and recommended a legislative
solution. Lacking such a solution, wildlife officials issued an order that would
have shut down the dozen or so high fence operations then operating in Indiana.
The industry sued, and a Harrison County court judge ruled the DNR's order was
improper because captive deer are livestock not under the agency's oversight.
However, less than a year earlier, an Owen County court judge tossed out another
case challenging the DNR's authority.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller said that he decided to appeal the Harrison
County case in an effort to clarify the law. "This idea of having no clarity is
not something that is healthy, really, for anybody," Zoeller said.
While the court case was moving forward, Long blocked the introduction of
several House-passed bills related to high-fence hunting. Long told The Star he
made a promise during the administration of Gov. Mitch Daniels to let the courts
decide. After the Harrison County decision, he says he stayed true to his word
and allowed members of the Senate's natural resources committee to introduce a
bill this year that set ground rules for preserves and could have opened the
door for more in the state.
Even so, Long cast one of the key "no" votes against the bill, which died
from lack of a majority in an evenly split Senate.
Hunting community divided on the issue
Long says he's spoken with a number of hunters "who absolutely despise
these preserves" and state wildlife officials who "to a person are concerned"
about chronic wasting disease and its link to deer farming.
The Star's investigation, he said, raised even more questions that should
be addressed. Long said that for years, the deer industry has has the loudest
voice in the Indiana debate.
"To be honest with you, we're getting one side of this: That these
preserves really aren't as bad as they're made out to be."
Another often-heard argument from the industry is that animal rights
organizations bent on abolishing all hunting are behind questions raised about
the industry.
After The Star's report, however, big-game hunting groups including The
Quality Deer Management Association and the Boone and Crockett Club and Pope
& Young clubs raised concerns about ethical issues posed by shooting
farm-raised deer behind fences and the disease risks posed by the brisk
interstate deer trade.
The Boone and Crockett Club began advocating for states to close their
borders to captive deer imports due to the disease risks.
Similar positions have since been issued by the National Wildlife
Federation and the Humane Society of the United States.
Call Star reporter Ryan Sabalow at (317) 444-6179. Follow him on Twitter:
@ryansabalow.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
PENNSYLVANIA CAPTIVE CWD INDEX HERD MATE YELLOW *47 STILL RUNNING LOOSE IN
INDIANA, YELLOW NUMBER 2 STILL MISSING, AND OTHERS ON THE RUN STILL IN LOUISIANA
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Effects of Chronic Wasting Disease on the Pennsylvania Cervid Industry
Following its Discovery
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
CWD GONE WILD, More cervid escapees from more shooting pens on the loose in
Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Chronic Wasting Disease CWD quarantine Louisiana via CWD index herd
Pennsylvania Update May 28, 2013
6 doe from Pennsylvania CWD index herd still on the loose in Louisiana,
quarantine began on October 18, 2012, still ongoing, Lake Charles premises.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA 2012 THE GREAT ESCAPE OF CWD
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Effects of Chronic Wasting Disease on the Pennsylvania Cervid Industry
Following its Discovery
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
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Indiana 6 deer missing from farm pose health risk to state herds INDIANA
Saturday, January 18, 2014
*** Long folds, Money to great, Indiana high-fence hunting bill may
advance, along with CWD
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:08 PM
Cc: Greg.Zoeller@atg.in.gov ; steve.creason@atg.in.gov ;
info@indianawildlife.org ; dnrwebmaster@dnr.IN.gov ; s1@iga.in.gov ;
s4@iga.in.gov ; h57@in.gov ; simpson@indianawildlife.org ;
twardy@indianawildlife.org ; watson@indianawildlife.org ; h51@in.gov ;
h75@in.gov ; h53@in.gov ; h46@in.gov ; h30@in.gov ; h54@in.gov ; h62@in.gov ;
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Subject: Indiana State to appeal high-fence deer hunting ruling
Greetings Honorable Attorney General Zoeller Sir and the Great State of
Indiana, I wish to submit the following scientific information on CWD and
escapees of cervids from game farms, and some other recent scientific studies on
the CWD TSE prion. I hope you find interest in this Sir. in my opinion, the USDA
would be the worst regulatory authority for CWD from state to state. I do think
that regulations should have a standard set of mandatory regulations for each
state to follow, as I believe if the regulations differ from state to state,
then you would have many problems. however, I have witnessed the mad cow follies
of the USDA and the OIE et al daily for almost 16 years straight, and all they
are interested in is trade, same as the shooting pen industry. ...good luck!
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Indiana State to appeal high-fence deer hunting ruling
Friday, April 26, 2013
INDIANA Republican State Sen. Travis Holdman Senate Bill 373 ag-gag WILL
PUT HUMANS AT RISK
From: Barbara Simpson
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 3:47 PM
To: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Subject:
Re: Rep. Matt Ubelhor of Bloomfield is going to amend Senate Bill 487 to
include the legalization of “canned” deer hunting operations in Indiana
Hi Terry. Thx for sending this. It's really helping let the people who are
making the decisions for wildlife know how hunters and other conservationists
feel. Barb
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 23, 2013, at 12:08 PM, "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
wrote:
Indiana must say no to canned hunting
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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 9:51 PM
To: BSE-L BSE-L
Cc: CJDVOICE CJDVOICE ; bloodcjd bloodcjd ; Michael Hansen ; Ronnie Cummins
; John Stauber ; thomas pringle
Subject: Indiana 6 deer missing from farm pose health risk to state
herds
1/22/2013 11:11:00 AM
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Indiana 6 deer missing from farm pose health risk to state herds
Thursday, October 03, 2013
*** TAHC ADOPTS CWD RULE THAT the amendments __REMOVE__ the requirement for
a specific fence height for captives ***
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC)
October 3, 2013
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
*** cwd - cervid captive livestock escapes, loose and on the run in the
wild ***
The New Hornographers: The Fight Over the Future of Texas Deer, Captive
shooting pens, and the CWD TSE prion disease
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
National Rifle Association and the Unified Sportsman of Florida support a
Florida ban on the importation of captive deer and cervids into Florida
Friday, March 07, 2014
*** 37th Annual Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting in Athens, Georgia (CWD
TSE Prion abstracts)
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Characterization of the first case of naturally occurring chronic wasting
disease in a captive red deer (Cervus elaphus) in North America
Game Farm, CWD Concerns Rise at Boone and Crockett Club
Friday, March 28, 2014 Concerned about captive deer operations transmitting
diseases to wild herds, the Boone and Crockett Club now officially supports
state bans on commercial import and export of deer or elk.
The Club also opposes efforts to relax regulation of captive cervid
breeding operations or to remove management authority over such operations from
state wildlife agencies.
A full position statement, posted here, was passed at the Club’s December
meeting.
The Club’s concerns were reinforced at the recent Whitetail Summit hosted
by the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA), the first summit to focus on
key issues and challenges facing free-ranging white-tailed deer.
“Of all the presentations, seminars and findings, I was most pleased to see
the attention given to the connections between chronic wasting disease (CWD) and
the game farming industry. This has been on our radar, and on the radar of QDMA,
other conservation groups, state agencies and sportsmen for quite some time,”
said Richard Hale, chairman of the Club’s Records Committee.
Hale added, “Congratulations to QDMA on one of the most impressive and
well-run summits I’ve had the pleasure of attending and for keeping this issue
front and center.”
CWD is a degenerative brain disease that affects elk, mule deer,
white-tailed deer, and moose. The disease can be transmitted by direct
animal-to-animal contact through saliva, feces and urine, and indirectly through
environmental contamination. CWD is fatal in deer, elk and moose, but there is
no evidence that CWD can be transmitted to humans, according to the CDC and The
World Health Organization.
Documented cases of CWD have been found in captive and/or wild deer and elk
in 22 states and two Canadian provinces. In some, but not all, cases where the
disease has been found in wild populations, the disease is present in captive
populations within these regions.
In 2002, the Boone and Crockett Club, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the
Mule Deer Foundation formed the CWD Alliance. Its purpose was to pool resources,
share information and collaborate on ways to positively address the CWD issue.
Other organizations have since joined the Alliance, including QDMA and the
Wildlife Management Institute, which now administers the Alliance website
www.cwd-info.org.
“Evidence strongly suggests that captive animals infected with CWD can
serve as the source for the spread of the disease to other captive animals, and
between captive animals and wild populations,” said Hale. “To reduce the risk to
wild deer populations, several states passed laws prohibiting game farming or
live captive deer and elk importation, but now they are fighting efforts to
expand captive deer and elk breeding and shooting operations within their
jurisdictions. The captive cervid industry is persistent in proposing new
legislations to overturn these laws, or transfer the authority of captive deer
and elk from state fish and game agencies to their respective departments of
agriculture.”
No vaccine or treatment is available for animals infected with CWD and once
established in a population, culling or complete depopulation to eradicate CWD
has provided only marginal results. In fact, the prevalence of CWD is rising at
an alarming rate in some infected wild deer populations. Prevention is the only
truly effective technique for managing diseases in free-ranging wildlife
populations. Consequently, what can be done is minimizing the spread of CWD by
restricting intra- and interstate transportation captive, privately owned
wildlife, which frequently occurs in game farming.
Boone and Crockett club position statement
REGULATION OF GAME FARMS First Adopted December 7, 2013 - Updated December
7, 2013
Situational Overview
The captive cervid industry, also referred to as game farming, uses
artificial means to breed captive deer, elk, and other cervids for sale in
shooting preserve operations. These game farms commonly transport captive deer
and elk to other shooting preserves in a state or in other states.
Transportation of captive, game farm animals has been shown to increase the
risk of spreading parasites and infectious, diseases, such as chronic wasting
disease (CWD) and bovine tuberculosis, to other captive and wild cervids in new
locations. There is currently no way of testing live animals for CWD, and
infected animals show no signs for at least 16-18 months post-infection. There
is no vaccine, and despite fenced enclosures, captive animals often come in
contact with wild populations thereby spreading diseases. Once CWD is present,
the area cannot be decontaminated even if infected animals are removed. As a
result, many states have banned or are attempting to ban the importation of
captive cervids (as well as intact carcasses of hunter-killed, wild cervids) to
lower the risk of spreading CWD and other infectious diseases.
Position
The Boone and Crockett Club supports state bans on importing or exporting
captive deer and elk by game farming operations in order to protect the health
of native populations. The Club opposes any legislation aimed at relaxing
regulations governing captive cervid breeding operations or removing management
authority over such operations from state wildlife agencies. The Club does not
oppose the transportation of wild cervids by state agencies and non-governmental
organizations for the purpose of re-establishing wild game animals to their
historic, open ranges.
The breeding of captive deer, elk, and other cervids for profit to create
abnormally large “trophy” animals for fenced shoots under non-fair chase
conditions are addressed in the Boone and Crockett Club’s positions on “Genetic
Manipulation of Game” and “Canned Shoots.”
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Game Farm, CWD Concerns Rise at Boone and Crockett Club
Sunday, April 06, 2014
The Conservation Federation of Missouri is Opposed to the Transfer of
Captive White-tailed Deer Management
Monday, March 03, 2014
*** APHIS to Offer Indemnity for CWD Positive Herds as Part of Its Cervid
Health Activities ???
Saturday, February 04, 2012
*** Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
Approximately 4,200 fawns, defined as deer under 1 year of age, were
sampled from the eradication zone over the last year. The majority of fawns
sampled were between the ages of 5 to 9 months, though some were as young as 1
month.
*** Two of the six fawns with CWD detected were 5 to 6 months old.
All six of the positive fawns were taken from the core area of the CWD
eradication zone where the highest numbers of positive deer have been
identified.
*** Spraker suggested an interesting explanation for the occurrence of CWD.
The deer pens at the Foot Hills Campus were built some 30-40 years ago by a Dr.
Bob Davis. At or abut that time, allegedly, some scrapie work was conducted at
this site. When deer were introduced to the pens they occupied ground that had
previously been occupied by sheep. ...
also, see where even decades back, the USDA had the same thought as they do
today with CWD, not their problem...see page 27 below as well, where USDA stated
back then, the same thing they stated in the state of Pennsylvania, not their
damn business, once they escape, and they said the same thing about CWD in
general back then ;
”The occurrence of CWD must be viewed against the contest of the locations
in which it occurred. It was an incidental and unwelcome complication of the
respective wildlife research programmes. Despite it’s subsequent recognition as
a new disease of cervids, therefore justifying direct investigation, no specific
research funding was forthcoming. The USDA veiwed it as a wildlife problem and
consequently not their province!” ...page 26.
”The occurrence of CWD must be viewed against the contest of the locations
in which it occurred. It was an incidental and unwelcome complication of the
respective wildlife research programmes. Despite it’s subsequent recognition as
a new disease of cervids, therefore justifying direct investigation, no specific
research funding was forthcoming. The USDA veiwed it as a wildlife problem and
consequently not their province!” ...page 26.
sound familiar $$$
Sunday, January 06, 2013
USDA TO PGC ONCE CAPTIVES ESCAPE
*** "it‘s no longer its business.”
Between 1996 and 2002, chronic wasting disease was diagnosed in 39 herds of
farmed elk in Saskatchewan in a single epidemic. All of these herds were
depopulated as part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) disease
eradication program. Animals, primarily over 12 mo of age, were tested for the
presence CWD prions following euthanasia. Twenty-one of the herds were linked
through movements of live animals with latent CWD from a single infected source
herd in Saskatchewan, 17 through movements of animals from 7 of the secondarily
infected herds.
***The source herd is believed to have become infected via importation of
animals from a game farm in South Dakota where CWD was subsequently diagnosed
(7,4). A wide range in herd prevalence of CWD at the time of herd depopulation
of these herds was observed. Within-herd transmission was observed on some
farms, while the disease remained confined to the introduced animals on other
farms.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) outbreaks and surveillance program in the
Republic of Korea Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) outbreaks and surveillance
program in the Republic of Korea
Hyun-Joo Sohn, Yoon-Hee Lee, Min-jeong Kim, Eun-Im Yun, Hyo-Jin Kim,
Won-Yong Lee, Dong-Seob Tark, In- Soo Cho, Foreign Animal Disease Research
Division, National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Republic of Korea
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been recognized as an important prion
disease in native North America deer and Rocky mountain elks. The disease is a
unique member of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), which
naturally affects only a few species. CWD had been limited to USA and Canada
until 2000. On 28 December 2000, information from the Canadian government showed
that a total of 95 elk had been exported from farms with CWD to Korea. These
consisted of 23 elk in 1994 originating from the so-called “source farm” in
Canada, and 72 elk in 1997, which had been held in pre export quarantine at the
“source farm”.Based on export information of CWD suspected elk from Canada to
Korea, CWD surveillance program was initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry (MAF) in 2001. All elks imported in 1997 were traced back, however elks
imported in 1994 were impossible to identify. CWD control measures included
stamping out of all animals in the affected farm, and thorough cleaning and
disinfection of the premises. In addition, nationwide clinical surveillance of
Korean native cervids, and improved measures to ensure reporting of CWD suspect
cases were implemented. Total of 9 elks were found to be affected. CWD was
designated as a notifiable disease under the Act for Prevention of Livestock
Epidemics in 2002. Additional CWD cases - 12 elks and 2 elks - were diagnosed in
2004 and 2005. Since February of 2005, when slaughtered elks were found to be
positive, all slaughtered cervid for human consumption at abattoirs were
designated as target of the CWD surveillance program. Currently, CWD laboratory
testing is only conducted by National Reference Laboratory on CWD, which is the
Foreign Animal Disease Division (FADD) of National Veterinary Research and
Quarantine Service (NVRQS). In July 2010, one out of 3 elks from Farm 1 which
were slaughtered for the human consumption was confirmed as positive.
Consequently, all cervid – 54 elks, 41 Sika deer and 5 Albino deer – were culled
and one elk was found to be positive. Epidemiological investigations were
conducted by Veterinary Epidemiology Division (VED) of NVRQS in collaboration
with provincial veterinary services. Epidemiologically related farms were found
as 3 farms and all cervid at these farms were culled and subjected to CWD
diagnosis. Three elks and 5 crossbreeds (Red deer and Sika deer) were confirmed
as positive at farm 2. All cervids at Farm 3 and Farm 4 – 15 elks and 47 elks –
were culled and confirmed as negative. Further epidemiological investigations
showed that these CWD outbreaks were linked to the importation of elks from
Canada in 1994 based on circumstantial evidences. In December 2010, one elk was
confirmed as positive at Farm 5. Consequently, all cervid – 3 elks, 11
Manchurian Sika deer and 20 Sika deer – were culled and one Manchurian Sika deer
and seven Sika deer were found to be positive. This is the first report of CWD
in these sub-species of deer. Epidemiological investigations found that the
owner of the Farm 2 in CWD outbreaks in July 2010 had co-owned the Farm 5. In
addition, it was newly revealed that one positive elk was introduced from Farm 6
of Jinju-si Gyeongsang Namdo. All cervid – 19 elks, 15 crossbreed (species
unknown) and 64 Sika deer – of Farm 6 were culled, but all confirmed as
negative. : Corresponding author: Dr. Hyun-Joo Sohn (+82-31-467-1867, E-mail:
shonhj@korea.kr)
2011 Pre-congress Workshop: TSEs in animals and their environment 5
Friday, May 13, 2011
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) outbreaks and surveillance program in the
Republic of Korea
Monday, June 18, 2012
natural cases of CWD in eight Sika deer (Cervus nippon) and five Sika/red
deer crossbreeds captive Korea and Experimental oral transmission to red deer
(Cervus elaphus elaphus)
Friday, December 14, 2012
DEFRA U.K. What is the risk of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD being introduced
into Great Britain? A Qualitative Risk Assessment October 2012
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In the USA, under the Food and Drug Administration’s BSE Feed Regulation
(21 CFR 589.2000) most material (exceptions include milk, tallow, and gelatin)
from deer and elk is prohibited for use in feed for ruminant animals. With
regards to feed for non-ruminant animals, under FDA law, CWD positive deer may
not be used for any animal feed or feed ingredients. For elk and deer considered
at high risk for CWD, the FDA recommends that these animals do not enter the
animal feed system. However, this recommendation is guidance and not a
requirement by law.
Animals considered at high risk for CWD include:
1) animals from areas declared to be endemic for CWD and/or to be CWD
eradication zones and
2) deer and elk that at some time during the 60-month period prior to
slaughter were in a captive herd that contained a CWD-positive animal.
Therefore, in the USA, materials from cervids other than CWD positive
animals may be used in animal feed and feed ingredients for non-ruminants.
The amount of animal PAP that is of deer and/or elk origin imported from
the USA to GB can not be determined, however, as it is not specified in TRACES.
It may constitute a small percentage of the 8412 kilos of non-fish origin
processed animal proteins that were imported from US into GB in 2011.
Overall, therefore, it is considered there is a __greater than negligible
risk___ that (nonruminant) animal feed and pet food containing deer and/or elk
protein is imported into GB.
There is uncertainty associated with this estimate given the lack of data
on the amount of deer and/or elk protein possibly being imported in these
products.
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36% in 2007 (Almberg et al., 2011). In such areas, population declines of
deer of up to 30 to 50% have been observed (Almberg et al., 2011). In areas of
Colorado, the prevalence can be as high as 30% (EFSA, 2011).
The clinical signs of CWD in affected adults are weight loss and
behavioural changes that can span weeks or months (Williams, 2005). In addition,
signs might include excessive salivation, behavioural alterations including a
fixed stare and changes in interaction with other animals in the herd, and an
altered stance (Williams, 2005). These signs are indistinguishable from cervids
experimentally infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Given this, if CWD was to be introduced into countries with BSE such as GB,
for example, infected deer populations would need to be tested to differentiate
if they were infected with CWD or BSE to minimise the risk of BSE entering the
human food-chain via affected venison.
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The rate of transmission of CWD has been reported to be as high as 30% and
can approach 100% among captive animals in endemic areas (Safar et al., 2008).
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In summary, in endemic areas, there is a medium probability that the soil
and surrounding environment is contaminated with CWD prions and in a
bioavailable form. In rural areas where CWD has not been reported and deer are
present, there is a greater than negligible risk the soil is contaminated with
CWD prion.
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In summary, given the volume of tourists, hunters and servicemen moving
between GB and North America, the probability of at least one person travelling
to/from a CWD affected area and, in doing so, contaminating their clothing,
footwear and/or equipment prior to arriving in GB is greater than negligible.
For deer hunters, specifically, the risk is likely to be greater given the
increased contact with deer and their environment. However, there is significant
uncertainty associated with these estimates.
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Therefore, it is considered that farmed and park deer may have a higher
probability of exposure to CWD transferred to the environment than wild deer
given the restricted habitat range and higher frequency of contact with tourists
and returning GB residents.
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New studies on the heat resistance of hamster-adapted scrapie agent:
Threshold survival after ashing at 600°C suggests an inorganic template of
replication
Prion Infected Meat-and-Bone Meal Is Still Infectious after Biodiesel
Production
Detection of protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a
CWD-endemic area
A Quantitative Assessment of the Amount of Prion Diverted to Category 1
Materials and Wastewater During Processing
Rapid assessment of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prion inactivation by
heat treatment in yellow grease produced in the industrial manufacturing process
of meat and bone meals
PPo4-4:
Survival and Limited Spread of TSE Infectivity after Burial
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Mineral licks: motivational factors for visitation and accompanying disease
risk at communal use sites of elk and deer
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Monday, March 03, 2014
*** APHIS to Offer Indemnity for CWD Positive Herds as Part of Its Cervid
Health Activities ???
Singeltary submission ;
Program Standards: Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program and
Interstate Movement of Farmed or Captive Deer, Elk, and Moose
*** DOCUMENT ID: APHIS-2006-0118-0411
Saturday, February 04, 2012
*** Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
Approximately 4,200 fawns, defined as deer under 1 year of age, were
sampled from the eradication zone over the last year. The majority of fawns
sampled were between the ages of 5 to 9 months, though some were as young as 1
month.
*** Two of the six fawns with CWD detected were 5 to 6 months old.
All six of the positive fawns were taken from the core area of the CWD
eradication zone where the highest numbers of positive deer have been
identified.
Sunday, September 01, 2013
*** hunting over gut piles and CWD TSE prion disease
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Potential role of soil properties in the spread of CWD in western Canada
Saturday, April 19, 2014
*** Exploring the zoonotic potential of animal prion diseases: In vivo and
in vitro approaches ***
*** These results would seem to suggest that CWD does indeed have zoonotic
potential, at least as judged by the compatibility of CWD prions and their human
PrPC target. Furthermore, extrapolation from this simple in vitro assay suggests
that if zoonotic CWD occurred, it would most likely effect those of the PRNP
codon 129-MM genotype and that the PrPres type would be similar to that found in
the most common subtype of sCJD (MM1).
OLD HISTORY ON CWD AND GAME FARMS IN USA
TSS
From: Sabalow, Ryan
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:04 AM
Subject: Reporter request for information
Hi Terry,
My name is Ryan Sabalow. I’m an investigative reporter for the Indianapolis
Star. I’m working on a long-term investigation taking a look at the captive
cervid industry. Can you please give me a call? I see you’ve done a lot of work
on your blog about this topic. My number 317-444-6179. Thanks for your help.
Ryan Sabalow
Indianapolis Star
Phone: 317-444-6179
Twitter: @ryansabalow
=======================
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 11:09 AM
Subject: Fw: [BSE-L] IMPORTANT: Cervid Industry and State Veterinarians on
Rewriting Chronic Wasting Disease Rule
hi ryan,
nice speaking with you over the phone. sure, I will help out any way I can
with your story. here is the usda/aphis statement and link. this should keep you
busy till I can send you some more data......
kind regards, terry
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 10:43 AM To:
BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG Subject: [BSE-L] IMPORTANT: Cervid Industry and State
Veterinarians on Rewriting Chronic Wasting Disease Rule
snip...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
IMPORTANT: Cervid Industry and State Veterinarians on Rewriting Chronic
Wasting Disease Rule
=====================
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 10:34 AM To:
ryan.sabalow@indystar.com Subject: CWD TSE PRION, AND SCRAPIE ?
=====================
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:56 AM
To: BSE-L BSE-L
Cc: info@indianawildlife.org ; dnrwebmaster@dnr.IN.gov ; s1@iga.in.gov ;
s4@iga.in.gov ; h57@in.gov ; simpson@indianawildlife.org ;
twardy@indianawildlife.org ; watson@indianawildlife.org ; h51@in.gov ;
h75@in.gov ; h53@in.gov ; h46@in.gov ; h30@in.gov ; h54@in.gov ; h62@in.gov ;
h69@in.gov ; h64@in.gov ; h17@in.gov ; h42@in.gov ; h56@in.gov ; nkelly@jg.net ;
CJDVOICE CJDVOICE ; bloodcjd bloodcjd
BCC: Michael Hansen;Ronnie
Cummins;thomas
pringle;John
Stauber;ryan.sabalow@indystar.com ryan.sabalow@indystar.com;
Subject: Long folds, Money to great, Indiana high-fence hunting bill may
advance, along with CWD
Indiana high-fence hunting bill may advance
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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:48 PM
Subject: Fw: [BSE-L] Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
White-Tailed Deer: Implications for Disease Spread and Management
hello Ryan et al @ indystar.com,
thought this might help out on your upcoming story on shooting pens...see
study just out...could slow down the horn porn...kind regards, terry
*** Given that quality deer management practices focus on production of
older bucks with large antlers, management agencies could face difficult
alternatives from these competing interests.
*** However, we also note that CWD transmission rates and prevalence are
much higher in captive deer farms than has been reported in wild populations
[67].
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 1:32 PM To:
BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG Subject: [BSE-L] Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease
in Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer: Implications for Disease Spread and Management
snip...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer:
Implications for Disease Spread and Management
===========================
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:32 AM
To: Sabalow, Ryan Subject: Re: BUCK FEVER What can happen if preserve
owners make the rules
A SHORTER VERSION I am getting out via social web, hunters, breeders, state
to state, korea, canada and such......later.......terry
Friday, March 28, 2014
BUCK FEVER What can happen if preserve owners make the rules
BUCK FEVER
What can happen if preserve owners make the rules
Damning investigation by Mr. Sabalow et al @ IndyStar, that shows what we
have known for decades about, an industry run amuck, an industry that will
eventually self regulate itself, if they get their way, an industry that in my
opinion, has been spreading cwd to hell and back for decades, i.e. the shooting
pen industry. ...tss
BUCK FEVER
What can happen if preserve owners make the rules
What can happen if preserve owners make the rules
At one Indiana high-fence operation, deer — some ill or appearing drugged —
were hunted in what prosecutors called 'killing pens.' Today, laws like those
that sent the owner to prison are under assault in many states.
Ryan Sabalow, ryan.sabalow@indystar.com
"I think the DNR was so jealous 'cause I was selling deer for hundreds of
thousands of dollars, and it would take 10 years for them to make what I was
making in one day." — Russ Bellar
Buck Fever
Chapter 4
The nation's deer farmers are aggressively lobbying for regulatory changes
that would benefit their industry. One Indiana case serves as a warning of what
could happen if the industry is allowed to set its own rules. Robert Scheer/The
Star
PERU, Ind. – For seven days in January 2005, a jury in a federal courtroom
heard tales from a now-notorious Indiana hunting preserve of deer being drugged
and even a sick deer propped up in a 1-acre pen so a hunter could shoot a
$15,000 trophy.
Jurors heard testimony from an outdoor television celebrity, a corporate
CEO, a country music star and an ex-NFL quarterback, some of whom paid
substantial sums to shoot deer in enclosures so small that prosecutors dubbed
them "killing pens." One shot his deer only minutes after it was released from a
trailer. ...
snip...see full text, videos of interviews and such ;
Overview: Trophy industry breeds risk disease, costs taxpayers
millions
The pursuit of deer bred for enormous antlers and shot in hunting pens is
compromising our ethics and laws, and comes with growing risk and costs.
Chapter 1: A troubling industry is born
Amish farmer unwittingly helped give rise to a booming new business — and
ethical and legal quandaries.
"I am the king behind my fence. These are my deer." — Marty Berry, Texas
deer breeder
Chapter 3: How fair is the chase?
Chapter 4: What can happen if preserve owners make the rules
Is the rack worth the risk?
The search for the source of a deadly disease often leads to deer farms.
The interstate movement of deer has been linked to the spread of disease.
What are we risking for trophies? Robert Scheer/The Star
SEYMOUR, Ind. – In April 2012, a tree fell on a fence in Southern Indiana
and 20 white-tailed deer bounded through the gap, their tails raised like stark
white flags.
One of the deer in the pen had been shipped from a Pennsylvania herd where
two deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease, a neurological disorder
that's always fatal to deer and elk and has been found in 22 states — but never
in Indiana.
Not yet, anyway.
That buck — which state officials call Yellow 47, for the color and number
of the tag in his ear — has never been found. And because there is no reliable
way to test for the disease until an animal dies, no one knows whether Yellow 47
had CWD when he arrived in Indiana, or whether he could be spreading it to his
wild brethren today. ...
BUCK FEVER
A MUST READ !!!
BUCK FEVER
see full text and more ;
Friday, March 28, 2014
BUCK FEVER What can happen if preserve owners make the rules
BUCK FEVER
TSS
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