RTF Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 April 14, 2005 ALBANY, NY — State officials are expanding testing for chronic wasting disease to wild deer in an Adirondack town. About 20 deer in Arietta, Hamilton County, will be killed and tested for the fatal neurological illness as officials try to determine the source and scope of the problem in New York. The state's first cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) were found earlier this month in two captive herds in Westmoreland, Oneida County. The Department of Agriculture and Markets found that a captive deer herd in Arietta in the mid-1990s was a supplier to the herds infected with CWD. Since the Arietta herd no longer exists and its owner is dead, the state decided to sample the wild deer population in the area 54 miles northwest of Albany. Meanwhile, about 420 wild deer in Oneida County were being tested for the disease to see if it has spread. There is no evidence that CWD is harmful to humans or domestic livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted April 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer New York to sample wild deer for CWD - update 2 Apr 15,2005 Twenty Wild deer in Hamilton County, NY will be sampled to test for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the NY state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today. As of today, 5 out of 22 deer in two captive herds in Oneida County have been tested to be CWD positive. In an effect to find the source of the infection, Department of Agriculture and Marketing (DAM) is looking into other captive deer herds associated with the index herds. The reason to check Hamilton County is that one of the herds that supplied deer in the mid 1990s to the index herd in Oneida County was located in the Town of Arietta in Hamilton County. Since the herd and its owner have been gone, DEC will sample 20 wild deer near the former captive herd to see if the former captive herd carried CWD. Additionally, DEC has been intensively monitoring the wild deer population surrounding both herds in Oneida County to determine if CWD has spread to wild deer. CWD is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that infects the brain and central nervous system of deer and elk. There is no evidence that CWD is linked or not linked to disease in humans or domestic livestock other than deer and elk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer 5 out of 22, that is really bad RTF. Hope those captive deer are all they find CWD in and that it has not found its way to any wild deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer WI is facing CWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer Perhaps it is time to examine the practice of maintaining captive herds. If we can't regulate them any better than we are, maybe we don't really have any business keeping wild animals in these kinds of conditions in the first place. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBUCK Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer RTF then that will leave about 5 deer left in the county, j/k but they are few and far between up there. Did they say what they did with the rest of the deer from Arietta, I mean did he release them to the wild? The camp where we had the smackdown is probably 30 minutes from there. Good point Doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer [ QUOTE ] Perhaps it is time to examine the practice of maintaining captive herds. If we can't regulate them any better than we are, maybe we don't really have any business keeping wild animals in these kinds of conditions in the first place. [/ QUOTE ] I'll second that motion!! I am all for free enterprize but I do not like my tax dollars being used for something that can be prevented. This is why the DEC made the no feeding deer law. They should have made stricter laws as to what food for deer was being imported into the state. I will bet the contents of my wallet that these Bozo's on the deer farm were bending the rules. HEY! Can you tell I'm PO'D!!!! Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer I'm kind of curious as to just how they collect the deer for testing. Are these all road-killed deer, or do they have a small army of DEC personel out there killing them, or is the general hunting public being enlisted in this operation. That is a pile of wild deer that they are talking about testing. Unless they are using roadkilled deer, it would seem to me that you would need a pretty sizeable group to bring in that many deer. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer Two things that came into my mind is....alot of deer get killed on the roads and then sit there and rot, why can't the DEC get those already killed deer and test them? Secondly...what is the DEC going to do with all these wild deer they shoot? Use the meat or put them into a big pile and burn them? It would be a major shame and disgrace to see all that meat wasted.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Re: NY expands CWD testing of wild deer Every time I read something new about CWD in NY I get even more concerned. I really hope the DEC gets a firm handle on this thing sometime in the near future. I only hope that the people in the DEC who are in charge of this investigation truly know what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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