New case of chronic wasting disease confirmed in B.C.

[Redthies]

They toss the carcasses in the dump so any infected deer parts aren’t strewn all over the landscape. I have two opinions on this whole thing. One stems from the fact that I hate humans in general. Only a couple I can name specifically, but as a species in general, I’m not a fan. I am however, part of the problem as a human. Loss of habitat is a huge issue. The deer (mulies at least) were there long before Cranbrook was, so saying “nuke em” is a bit much. But, the fact is that the large groups that now live in our cities, will become breeding grounds for CWD, so something needs to be done to prevent the spread to the wild (er) population.

It’s a bit hard to believe any of the government management tactics anymore. They have proven many times to use emotion rather than science to make their decisions.

[HarryToolips]

The article. I prefer to hand feed them rather than shoot them, woops, dissregard that! Never fed a deer in my life. They are very careful thru the whole thing NOT to mention the deer have to be killed to be tested. Guessing someone will twig and the shit will start..https://www.theprogress.com/news/bc-...isease-7720530

Thanks for posting....

[HarryToolips]

They toss the carcasses in the dump so any infected deer parts aren’t strewn all over the landscape. I have two opinions on this whole thing. One stems from the fact that I hate humans in general. Only a couple I can name specifically, but as a species in general, I’m not a fan. I am however, part of the problem as a human. Loss of habitat is a huge issue. The deer (mulies at least) were there long before Cranbrook was, so saying “nuke em” is a bit much. But, the fact is that the large groups that now live in our cities, will become breeding grounds for CWD, so something needs to be done to prevent the spread to the wild (er) population.

It’s a bit hard to believe any of the government management tactics anymore. They have proven many times to use emotion rather than science to make their decisions.

I hear ya it is hard to trust them, after decisions like culling moose to save caribou in the Revelstoke area... but it sounds like the cull may be the only logical solution..as previously stated, they should be utilizing hunters and, after the animal is submitted and if proven to NOT have CWD, then can be consumed by the hunter...

[Walking Buffalo]

Urban vs Bush CWD breeding grounds?

You guys in BC sure do think different.


As has already been shown by the continued spread of CWD in BC,
The current tactics will not work to slow or end CWD.

Culling or not culling Cranbrook deer will have absolutely ZERO effect on managing CWD in "non civilized" deer.

But this was obvious to anyone that has payed attention to how CWD has spread in other jurisdictions.

Sorry to say, but due to the insidious nature of CWD and the insidious nature of government bureaucracy,
CWD will continue to spread and become much more prevalent.

[elker]

I hear ya it is hard to trust them, after decisions like culling moose to save caribou in the Revelstoke area... but it sounds like the cull may be the only logical solution..as previously stated, they should be utilizing hunters and, after the animal is submitted and if proven to NOT have CWD, then can be consumed by the hunter...

well, I don’t think the tax payers want to pay for a big cooler warehouse to store those deer ( in waiting for the test results).

[horshur]

Where is the place that they have eradicated and controled CWD?

[Walking Buffalo]

Where is the place that they have eradicated and controled CWD?

I can't recall which NE state, but one of them seems to have eliminated CWD that spilled from a game farm into the local wild population.
It was caught VERY early, and It was VERY aggressive culling that killed every deer within a broad containment zone.
They got lucky.

Otherwise, No.

In Alberta, during the initial CWD incursion from Saskatchewan, and aggressive but not thorough cull did slow the spread and kept infection percentages very low for quite a long time.
Once the aggressive cull ended, the disease spread quickly and not prevalence rates are up to 50% of mule deer.


Eliminating CWD in wild populations seems to have only one solution right now.
Complete eradication of ungulates (except for sheep, goats, pronghorns).

This really isn't a viable long term solution, not an acceptable short term solution to almost everyone.


BC can eradicate all deer, elk and moose within 100 miles of the Montana and Southern Alberta borders...
But for how long? To what end?
FYI, CWD is now in Alberta deer within 20 miles of the Elk Valley, and within 30 miles of Banff National park....

This is a nightmare that we will have to live through while awake.
Let's just hope that the worst case scenarios of CWD becoming infectious to humans never happens.

[j270wsm]

They toss the carcasses in the dump so any infected deer parts aren’t strewn all over the landscape. I have two opinions on this whole thing. One stems from the fact that I hate humans in general. Only a couple I can name specifically, but as a species in general, I’m not a fan. I am however, part of the problem as a human. Loss of habitat is a huge issue. The deer (mulies at least) were there long before Cranbrook was, so saying “nuke em” is a bit much. But, the fact is that the large groups that now live in our cities, will become breeding grounds for CWD, so something needs to be done to prevent the spread to the wild (er) population.

It’s a bit hard to believe any of the government management tactics anymore. They have proven many times to use emotion rather than science to make their decisions.

Do the carcasses get buried at your local dump/transfer station? Our transfer station ships out all our garbage. I believe it goes to Alberta but I’m not 100% on that.

[Redthies]

Do the carcasses get buried at your local dump/transfer station? Our transfer station ships out all our garbage. I believe it goes to Alberta but I’m not 100% on that.

They should probably burn them, but our local road kill goes into a hole at the gravel pit, and I often find skulls, spines etc dragged around the area by predators. Last winter I lined up 6 skulls on a log while walking the bird dogs in that area. Probably something I should mention to our local CO. Going forward they should tighten up their procedures.

[Elkaholic]

Let's just hope that the worst case scenarios of CWD becoming infectious to humans never happens.

Its been around since the 60's in Colorado and spreading since and not 1 case ever. This is pure fear mongering by our Gov, the bio at the presentation even stated that, and that they were just playing nice by supporting what the gov( bc food administration) was saying about it. In that timeframe I am sure quite a few CWD animals have been eaten. I swear they will try to use crap like this to end hunting because the animals are disease ridden.