(12 December 2012, 23:32)Aili Wrote: Quarantine. Nearly all states have stopped the import of deer or deer products into the state. I know of two commercial deer farmers in Maine (one has red deer imported from the UK, the other elk), both were established before the disease became known. There are no new farms anywhere here. Wild populations are monitored by local authorities with the help of hunter surveys & education. We cannot feed or bait deer because it is unknown how the disease spreads so they want to discourage abnormal congregating -- although baiting is allowed under certain circumstances. Once a deer is found to have CWD, it is recommended that harvested deer not be eaten by people. If someone is caught with un-tagged deer, the deer are incinerated because it isn't known where they came from.
It was pretty common for states with low deer populations to bring in deer from other areas to reestablish herds, but that has completely stopped... in fact, it might have been the cause of it. Too much is still unknown.
That sounds like it is going to be a real headache to enforce. It's sad when something like this spreads from farmed to wild deer because it will damage the whole environment and the true nature of the diseases affects are difficult to measure and a true picture of the damage it causes may not be fully appreciated until many years later.
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