Quebec farm under quarantine after animal with chronic wasting disease discovered in Laurentians
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chronic-wasting-disease-quebec-first-case-1.4824953
https://www.oodmag.com/news/cwd-found-quebec/
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Quebec farm under quarantine after animal with chronic wasting disease discovered in Laurentians
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chronic-wasting-disease-quebec-first-case-1.4824953
https://www.oodmag.com/news/cwd-found-quebec/
That's definitely bad news if it's confirmed. It shows that the spread of the disease is relentless despite the diligence of provincial NR ministries. Studies,so far,have been unable to conclude that CWD is infectious to humans,BUT,there's no information that concludes it's not,either. Most hunters have no desire for them or their families to act as guinea pigs. The Ontario deer hunt may very well collapse,completely.
Hopefully it can be contained to that particular farm, lets hope none of their captive white tails escape.
For sure it’s not a good thing and hopefully they’re able to contain it. Might be premature and a stretch to say it’s a bad thing for Ontario Deer or that the Ontario Deer hunt may very well collapse. IMO
It always seems to be related to deer farms too. They should ban them all IMO.
I've been following this for the last few days. Looks like they're going to cancel the deer hunt in those areas, although that seems quite premature as it's only been at this one farm so far. Strange how it made it to the slaughterhouse too, generally physical symptoms are evident in the animal.
Cheers
Wild game farms like fish farms should not exist.
I thought we got rid of all of those many years ago in Ontario. WTH did they come from and more importantly,how?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman
Hopefully they have something along the lines of high, double fence regulations and they were followed.
I had a neighbour that had a Fallow Deer farm....used to keep about 100 deer in the enclosure. I hated the thought that it was more likely that CWD would develop in there and then spread to the wild deer on my property.
Thankfully he finally shut down the operation and moved away.
Stopping the Deer hunt in that area is stupid..they need to have a mandatory testing on a huge sampling of the local deer. Best way to do that is to closely monitor and test the deer harvested there.
Here's an update with an interesting interview with Keith Munro at the bottom of the article. Mr. Munro is the same gentleman who presented his research in North Gower last week. He spoke about this topic during the presentation last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...ease-1.4842074
the CWD prion can get into soil, if you burn the soil at the game farm, you cant get rid of it...many states in the USA have battled CWD and its here to stay. If a migratory bird coming from the USA poops somewhere in Ontario after it crossed one of the great lakes and a deer comes into contact, the deer may contract CWD. These prions can get into the roots of plants and then spread when other animals eat them, etc, etc. Pretty scary info on this topic.
There are also a few podcasts about CWD I encourage you to give a listen, some controversial viewpoints on the subject (Ted Nugent on the Joe Rogan Experience, I believe Steve Rinella did one as well on Meat Eater)
One other theory about CWD and wildlife agencies willing to react quickly with a "cull" to prevent CWD is that these agencies are working with insurance companies to thin the herd under the guise of CWD..you get the drift... what they aren't saying is some deer in a herd die from it and some seem to be resilient to CWD (otherwise states like Colorado would have no deer left as they have had CWD since the 1970's)
Not trying to stir the pot but I am certainly questioning the quick and heavy handed reaction in Quebec..would hate to see that implemented by our MNRF..
Like I said somewhere before, get rid of the game farms and fish farms, nothing but a disaster waiting to happen if it hasn't already.
Yup, and they're worth listening to. Here they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by kokes
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the...nce/e/55700623
If Joe Rogan isn't your cup of tea, try Steven Rinella.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mea...ife/e/50772909
And here's an interesting Canadian study on the subject: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sport...cwd/430046001/
Looks Ontario is stepping up to ensure it doesn't hit our province
Bulletin
Ontario Deploys Additional Crews to Address Chronic Wasting Disease
October 4, 2018
Ontario's Government for the People is enhancing surveillance measures to protect wildlife from the risk of chronic wasting disease. This comes following a confirmed case of the disease in Quebec.
"We are taking immediate action to protect the health of deer in Ontario. Planned surveillance is already underway in southwestern Ontario and we are adding to current efforts by deploying additional surveillance teams near the Quebec border," said Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, Jeff Yurek.
"Chronic wasting disease has never been detected in wild deer in Ontario and we want to keep it that way. We are mobilizing additional teams to test deer for the disease and adding new public drop off locations east of Ottawa to the Quebec border. I urge hunters to take advantage of this convenient way to participate in protecting Ontario's wildlife," Yurek encouraged.
Chronic wasting disease is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of deer, elk, moose and caribou. To date, there have been no confirmed cases of the disease in any wild animal in Ontario.
Visit Ontario.ca/cwd for more information on Ontario's chronic wasting disease surveillance program.
I was at The Bow Shop AKA Shooter's Choice today and they will test any deer coming from the imediate area WMU 80 to 87 ect ..... contact them for proper imfo .
Glen
May or may not be related.
I was just talking to someone in Brampton near Mayfield and Kennedy and he says there is a deer laying on one of the side streets with animal control an police there. "I walked down and it didn't look hurt but it couldn't get up and was tired now and just laying there"
P.S.
"Two shots, they just killed it."
P.S. x2
Apparently it was laying in someones front yard, no sign of a car that hit it or other injury but it couldn't stand up and after trying for a bit just lay there too tired to even try again. Maybe hit? Maybe sick? But they shot it twice right in the front yard of the house in the Stonegate area.
More cases found. Monitoring to be extended.
https://thereview.ca/2018/11/26/thre...-restrictions/
The only bright spot in all this is that maybe they'll ban these wild game farms.
Go onto "Google " type in , "Buy Venison in Ontario " you will get a long list of where to buy venison.
Apparently , there are quite a few Wild Game Farms in Ontario.
The CFIA had better get off their collective butts and start checking/monitoring these game farms more closely.
Based on the information in the article, it seems to be "the largest red deer farm in North America, .... a herd of approximately 3200 head of red deer on a farm of over 1000 acres."Quote:
Originally Posted by farsider
Hopefully these deer are well contained to both keep them in and keep wild deer out!
Time to get rid of the wild game farms.