commission approves reducing elk herds

[wgiles]

Just another example of why feeding wildlife is a bad idea.

It's not just CWD that is transmitted through feeding.

 

[montanadogs]

As my dad stated. Cattle and Elk have been co-mingling for hundred years or so. Why is this now such a big deal???

 

[muleguy]

FWP now taking comments here---
http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/publicComments/2012elkMgmtGuidelinesBrucellosisWG.html

 

[idnative1948]

Sad to mention, but where are your Happy Meals going to come from?
JMHO, but I think it comes to a point where fewer domestic animals per allotment. Are we willing to pay more for beef?
Granted, I would rather eat the lean critters in our forests, but just the way it is and will continue in the future, unless?

 

[shoots-straight]

Sad to mention, but where are your Happy Meals going to come from?
JMHO, but I think it comes to a point where fewer domestic animals per allotment. Are we willing to pay more for beef?
Granted, I would rather eat the lean critters in our forests, but just the way it is and will continue in the future, unless?

Less than 3% of the beef in the US comes off of public lands. Then narrow that down to those raised off the public lands in region 3 and I think the price of beef going up or down is insignificant from what ever happens there.

 

[RobG]

As my dad stated. Cattle and Elk have been co-mingling for hundred years or so. Why is this now such a big deal???

Others know the deal better than me, but brucellosis was introduced about 100 years ago to Yellowstone bison/elk by (ironically) cattle. Since then they managed to eradicate it from the cattle, but now brucellosis is spreading unchecked in the wild elk and bison herds.