Results for keyword: Game Ranching
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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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