Deer management

[Mortblanc]

Here in the States the wildlife management agencies also caution to not eat brains or central nervous system parts, to wear protective gloves when skinning game and to report any animal that appears sick.

The appearance of the disease is linked to dense populations that are not being culled properly. This represents two concerns; spread of the disease from host to host and lack of harvesting of young but mature animals before they can develop visible symptoms or spread the disease.

We are also in a battle to save several species of trees here. In my region the Ash trees are in danger due to the Emeral Ash Boer and the elms are being killed off by the Longhorn Beetle. The methods seem to involve harvesting and distroying the trees in their path to starve them out, then replanting when the danger has past. We are loosing entire hardwood forests just north of my area.

We also have the Southern Pine Beetle which has devastated thousands of miles of woodland. Oddly, the devestation was origionally blamed on acid rain and presented as an excuse for more strick environmental controls. We got the controls, and millions of acres of trees still died due to treatment of the wrong agent.