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  • Cure or curse?

    With Chronic Wasting Disease appearing on elk farms, some have begun to question whether the unregulated trade in velvet antlers, used for Oriental and folk medicine, might expose people to a variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.

    by Hal Herring, Dec 18, 2000

  • Rancher goes down kicking

    Montana elk-rancher Len Wallace, angry at Initiative 143 banning commercial hunts on game farms, is foiled in his attempt to give his herd to the Crow Indians, because of laws set up to halt the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.

    by Carlotta Grandstaff, Jul 02, 2001

  • Wasting disease spreads in Colorado

    In Colorado, Chronic Wasting Disease has spread from infected elk at the Elk Echo Ranch to seven elk ranch herds around the state, and some are afraid it could spread further and infect wild deer and elk.

    by Hal Herring, Nov 05, 2001

  • Elk ranchers escape from Colorado's Division of Wildlife

    Colorado Division of Wildlife says new law won't provide adequate protection against cross-breeding between domesticated and wild elk herds.

    by Peter McBride And Carol Busch, Jun 27, 1994

  • Elk farming leads to wildlife slaughter

    Elk at game farm transmit TB to wild deer.

    by Staff, Oct 31, 1994

  • Sparring over elk imports

    The Colorado Wildlife Commission wants to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease by requiring all elk imports to be certified as disease-free for 60 months.

    by Sarah Wright, Feb 04, 2002

  • Montana burns game farm elk

    At the Kesler Game Farm near Philipsburg, Mont., 89 elk are destroyed because they have chronic wasting disease, and some Montana authorities fear game farms are helping to spread the deadly, mysterious disease.

    by Hal Herring, Jan 31, 2000

  • Game farmers corralled

    Washington game farmers sue the state Department of Wildlife for restricting game farming.

    by Staff, May 03, 1993

  • Montana hunters blast game farms

    In Montana, the sportsmen's group MADCOW - Montanans Against the Domestication and Commercialization of Wildlife - has put Initiative 143 on the ballot to end "canned hunting" on the state's elk ranches.

    by Hal Herring, Oct 23, 2000

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