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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
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
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
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
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
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
Elk farming leads to wildlife slaughter

Elk at game farm transmit TB to wild deer.

by Staff, Oct 31, 1994
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
Game farmers corralled

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

by Staff, May 03, 1993

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Sparring over elk imports

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Rancher goes down kicking

Cure or curse?

Montana hunters blast game farms

Montana burns game farm elk

Elk farming leads to wildlife slaughter

Elk ranchers escape from Colorado's Division of Wildlife

Game farmers corralled

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