Michigan Greenville man charged with violating CWD deer requirements
Greenville man charged with violating CWD deer requirements
By Elisabeth Waldon | on February 03, 2021
Eric Snyder
EUREKA TOWNSHIP — A Greenville man is facing half a dozen charges related to his alleged improper handling of deer with chronic wasting disease (CWD).
Eric David Snyder, 51, is charged with three counts of animal industry acts (privately owned cervidae) two counts of animal industry acts (felony violation) and one count of animals burial.
According to Montcalm County Prosecutor Andrea Krause, the alleged crimes occurred between March 2019 and February 2020. The Department of Natural Resources investigated, however, Snyder wasn’t charged until December 2020 and he wasn’t arraigned until Jan. 21. Krause said the coronavirus pandemic likely played a role in the delay.
According to Krause, Snyder owned Fieldview Whitetails, a deer farm/ranch in Eureka Township.
“He had a deer test positive for CWD,” Krause said. “(Snyder) dumped the deer outside the farm in violation of the law. He also violated a quarantine of the other deer he had on his farm.”
A deer with CWD in Montcalm County was discovered in October 2017 and as a precaution in January 2018, all privately owned deer facilities were put into mandatory quarantine if they were within 15 miles of a deer that tested positive, according to Krause. In March 2019, a deer at Snyder’s farm was discovered to have CWD, and a follow-up investigation later that month discovered the alleged violations at the farm, according to Krause.
Snyder is being represented by attorney Jeff Crampton. If convicted, Snyder faces to from 90 days to five years prison and/or fines and costs.
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Title, Baiting and Feeding
Baiting and feeding deer brings a greater number of deer into close contact with each other. This increases the chances of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) being transmitted from deer to deer. One of the ways this can be done is nose to nose contact. Deer droppings and urine are also concentrated at bait sites or feeding station. That also increases the chances for a healthy deer to pick up the prions that cause CWD.
Outdoor News, Feb. 23, 2018 Pg. 9
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This proves that concentrating deer increases the spread of CWD.
Solution, ban baiting and feeding
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Conservation Congress, DNR and Legislative Bodies work together to write a law that puts a moratorium on baiting and feeding until a cure is found for wild deer in Wisconsin.
Harold Halverson
Private Citizen W12431 820th Ave. River Falls, Wi. 54022 PH 715-781-6804
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