Originally Posted by
Walking Buffalo
Proponents of baiting bans for disease Control aren't making claims that this action will fix the problem.
They do claim that it will redude the rate of spreading the disease.
We can't control all intimate contact between deer, nor should we, that in itself would be a death blow, but we can eliminate contact due to concentrating animals on a bait pile.
Eliminating baiting could be more effective than reducing population density in the effort to reduce the rate and range of infection.
Until a viable cure for CWD can be found, short term management is about control, reducing the spread of the disease.
Eliminating baiting of ungulates should be part of the CWD control measures.