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Presentation on Chronic Wasting Disease
by Jeffrey Powers, DVM
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Vitae
JEFFREY FORREST POWERS D.V.M
"The vast majority of the CWD Advisory Board
commissioned by the state of WI to formulate recommendations for a
management plan to deal with CWD in the deer herd has come out in
opposition to the DNR's 10 year plan. more than 75% (12 of the 15
active members) who attended the required meetings drafted a letter to
the Secretary of the DNR, rejecting their plan. This letter was also
forwarded onto the Governor, Members of the legislature and the Natural
resources Board.
The CWD Advisory Board was made up of a varied cross section of members
representing a variety stakeholders with an interest in formulating
solutions to the CWD issue. Those members rejecting the plan
represented: Out-state Landowners & Hunters, CWD area Landowners
& Hunters, Deer Hunters New to Wisconsin, The Conservation
Congress, Sporting Good Retailers, the WI Wildlife Federation; Farmed
Cervid Producers, WI Hunters Rights Coalition and the WI Bowhunters
Association.
The group rejects the DNR's CWD plan for a variety of issues
contained in a 14 page document delivered on Jan. 21st. The document is
viewable below....."
Wisconsin's CWD Advisory Board recommendations to the WDNR
Biography - Jeffery Powers, DVM
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Response from Dr. Mason to Jeffery Powers, D.V.M. (3-23-09)
Dear Dr. Powers:
Thank you for your e-mail note dated 2/28/2009, concerning the recent response of the Wisconsin stakeholder advisory group (SAG) to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ten-year plan for managing Chronic Wasting Disease (CWO).
It is interesting that you apparently judge the Wisconsin SAG response to be a suitable role model for emulation by Michigan.... Click here to read more.
Letter to Dr. Mason from Dr. Jeffery Powers
February 28, 2009
Dear Dr. Mason,
Please read through the attached document detailing the Wisconsin Chronic Wasting Disease Advisory Board’s letter to reject the 10 year proposal regarding Chronic Wasting Disease management in the State of Wisconsin. I believe that you will see that this advisory board pointed out the same critical issues that I identified to you last October. In this times of economic crisis Michigan cannot afford to make the same mistakes that Wisconsin has made regarding the management of the White-tailed Deer herd in Michigan.
https://grouseridgesports.com/whu/viewtopic.php?t=72
The report points out that “Baiting/Feeding Hypocrisy is Shameful”, and clearly states the same discrepancies and contradictions that I pointed out to you last October.
The DNR should focus on the disease itself and not use CWD to advance other agendas
The plan ignores that fact that throughout the country , people have moved beyond the fears and learned to live with CWD
The dire predictions that CWD will cause the hunting economy to collapse are overblown
As a public official it is imperative that you look beyond your 2002 plan, and enter into a management strategy that objectively analyzes the information regarding the management of this disease in Michigan.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey F. Powers DVM
Powers' Do It Best Hardware
26259 Main Street
Beaver Island, Michigan 49782
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- Introduced by Rep. Michael Lahti (D) on February 6, 2009, to extend through 2015 a Jan. 1, 2010 sunset on Department of Natural Resources authority to prohibit the feeding of deer and elk.
- Referred to the House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation, And Natural Resources Committee on February 6, 2009. Click here for more and to comment on this. Most importantly, contact your legilators!
Wisconsin Hunters United
Conservation Management Tradition
We are a grass roots organization of volunteers that are looking forward to the future of Deer Hunting, responsible deer management, the preservation of deer hunting and it's traditions within the State of Wisconsin.
We are many individuals throughout the state that have come together as one voice. We share the same concern about the current and future path on which the DNR and Wisconsin State government agencies have set us on. We are here to provide all those individual deer hunters in Wisconsin, who can accomplish nothing on their own, the voice and backing of thousands of fellow hunters. We will bring to bear, our voices, concerns and wishes to the powers that be in State government that make rule and policy regarding deer hunting..... More
Dr. Powers Letter to Dr. Mason
February 7, 2009
Dr. Mason,
I wanted to pass along first an editorial dictating the level of severity winter that is facing the deer in the Upper Peninsula, and its severity is related to the conditions out west, which we discussed in an earlier letter a month or so ago, in which, in spite of the presence of CWD in Colorado, wildlife officials were instituting winter feeding to avoid severe winter death loss.... More.
Wisconsin Advisory Group Observation
1. After following CWD for years and sitting on WI's CWD Stakeholder advisory group, allow me to get out the crystal ball and read your future for the next 5 years. 1. A discovery of CWD will take place.
2. A lot of media hype will occur and you will be treated to a large amount of news about how devastating this is going to be. This will be partially fueled by you State's DNR
3. Your state will enact a baiting ban. Bait will be blamed for the spread. States like IL that don't/didn't allow baiting but still have CWD will not be mentioned...... More.
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- Introduced by Rep. Michael Lahti (D) on February 6, 2009, to extend through 2015 a Jan. 1, 2010 sunset on Department of Natural Resources authority to prohibit the feeding of deer and elk.
- Referred to the House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation, And Natural Resources Committee on February 6, 2009. Click here for more and to comment on this. Most importantly, contact your legilators!
Public Input Sought on Future Michigan Deer Management
Click here for 2008 Tally of CWD Laboratory Testing for Wild White-tailed Deer
(Emerging Disease Issues - MI Gov.)
CURRENT CWD TEST--LITTLE MERIT (2004)
From Casey at Voices of Wisconsin: The current test our state is using to identify if a tissue shows to be positive or negative has little merit. Here is the justification for that statement:
These are the test results for Stan Hall's deer to date, Thursday, January 8th, 2004, 8:30 p.m.
Of the many sample's Stan submitted, four of the deer tested positive. The trouble with these four samples is that when the SAME samples were sent to different qualified testing facilities the results came back DIFFERENT.
NSVL
ID# AMES, IA
2379 Pos.
2385 Pos.
2389 Pos.
2390 Neg.
CVDL
ID# FORT COLINS, CO
2379 Pos.
2385 Neg.
2389 Pos.
2390 Pos.
TVMDL
ID# TEXAS A&M TX
2379 Pos.
2385 Pos.
2389 Pos.
2390 Pos.
The deer with ID# 2379 is the deer that Stan had on his farm for only five days. The trace back quarantined the farm of origination for this deer. Click here to read more.
TESTIMONY TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 2002
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"The 2008 firearm deer season opened under a veil of change and suspicion among hunters and non-hunters alike in Michigan.
"I am very concerned about the future of hunting for Michigan," said rocker and avid deer hunter Ted Nugent. "We have taken the spirit of hunting and put it in the hands of the bureaucrats."
Many hunters share Nugent's apprehension. Depending on who you ask, the source of all the concern is either chronic wasting disease (CWD), or how the Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources have responded to it.
After
the discovery of a doe stricken with CWD at a private cervid facility
in Kent County, the Department of Agriculture (MDA) issued a ban on all
baiting in the lower peninsula. The Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) was charged with enforcing the ban...." Click here to read more.
No CWD found in 9,000 wild deer
"What that means is that we have tested a lot of deer for CWD and we haven't found it,"_ DNR veterinarian Dr. Steven Schmitt told Michigan Outdoor News. "I'm certainly feeling better than I did on Aug. 25 when I was informed that CWD had been found in Kent County (on a deer farm). What this means is that we don't have a large outbreak like they do in Wisconsin." Click here to read more.
One million already spent on checking deer for disease
December 17, 2008 - "Efforts
to prevent an outbreak of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state's
white-tailed deer population are proving costly, but the state's
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Natural Resource Commission
(NRC) say the cost is well worth preventing a CWD epidemic.
DNR
officials told the NRC on Thursday, Dec. 4, that monitoring of the
state's deer herd for the disease has cost approximately $1 million. Click here to read more.
Michigan uses aerial patrols to catch deer bait violators
"Michigan officials are using aerial surveys to enforce a ban on baiting
deer in Kent County, where the state's first case of chronic wasting
disease was detected in August..."
Michigan panel OKs rules for wildlife rescuers
Ban on baiting may not curb spread of disease
"...On the other hand, the recent column on chronic wasting disease (CWD) quite possibly would not have been read on Beaver Island, in northern Lake Michigan, and almost certainly would have gone unnoticed in Bacliff, Texas, had it not been for its appearance online.
Terry Singletary, in Bacliff, responded almost immediately,
acknowledging that his mother had died of a similar disease, that does
affect humans. Considering the "tons of" research material and
documentation he forwarded to me, he's obviously intensely interested
in any related event, however remotely it might attach...."
Michigan Wildlife and Business Association
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Membership application
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Deer Feeding Legal Action Group
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Hunters begin paying the price for bait piles
Posted by Tom Gilchrist | The Bay City Times November 18, 2008 08:00AM
"STERLING - These are not happy days for hunter Richie Cunningham.
The Arenac County man hasn't bagged a whitetail this fall, but he did get a ticket - from a state conservation officer - under a new law making it a crime to bait deer in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
It's no consolation to Cunningham, 21, of Sterling, that he's not the only one convicted of a misdemeanor after getting ticketed by the state Department of Natural Resources.
"They say this baiting ban is to fight this chronic wasting disease
(in deer), but I think it's all about money, personally," said
Cunningham, who paid a $150 fine after DNR Officer Nick Atkin ticketed
him Nov. 1....." Click here to read more.
Fewer deer taken this hunting season
ESCANABA - The first week of the firearm deer season appears to be slower overall than in previous years according to Bill Rollo, wildlife technician with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"As of Thursday, we have checked in 342 deer, which is 25 percent less for the first six days of the firearm deer season over a 10-year average, " he said. He also said hunters were seeing fewer deer this hunting season. The recent severe weather seen over the past two days could also attribute to the reduction in numbers of deer being seen.
Another contributing factor, according to Rollo, was a reduction in buck production in the northern parts of the Upper Peninsula, where there is an estimated 10-percent reduction due to the severe winter of 2007-08.
Click here to read more.****** CWD Information ******
* Copper bullet for chronic wasting disease?
- Dr. Murray McBride - Cornell University
* Cervid Facilities in Michigan - Map
* Tracking Prions
* Cadmium
* FRESH
RESEARCH REPORT OF A TRACE METAL-CWD STUDY AT SASKATOON UNIVERSITY IS
BEING EXPLOITED TO DISCREDIT A MISREPRESENTED VERSION OF PURDEY’S THEORY
* Levels of Cadmium in the Environment
* Todd Stittleburg's letter regarding CWD
* Dr. Powers letter to DNR Wildlife biologist Brian Mastenbrook
New Mad Cow Test Heightens Fears
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Inspection agency says mad cow in B.C.
animal likely came from feed
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Chronic Wasting Disease in deer and elk:
a critique of current models and their application
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* Mad Deer Epidemic?
* Demographic Patterns and Harvest Vulnerability
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Deer bait to have its day in court
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Michigan's First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected
at Kent County Deer Breeding Facility
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Contact: Bridget Patrick (MDA) or Mary Dettloff (DNR) 517-241-2669 or 517-335-3014 http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10371_10402-198865--,00.html | |
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"LANSING - The Michigan departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNR) today confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a three-year old white-tailed deer from a privately owned cervid (POC) facility in Kent County. The
state has quarantined all POC facilities, prohibiting the movement of
all - dead or alive - privately-owned deer, elk or moose. Officials do
not yet know how the deer may have contracted the disease. To date,
there is no evidence that CWD presents a risk to humans......." "....Audits of the facility by the DNR in 2004 and 2007 showed no escapes of animals from the Kent County facility were reported by the owner. Also, there were no violations of regulations recorded during the audits. Since 2002, the DNR has tested 248 wild deer in Kent County for CWD. In summer 2005, a number of those deer had displayed neurological symptoms similar to CWD; however, after testing it was determined the deer had contracted Eastern Equine Encephalitis...." More information on CWD is available on Michigan's Emerging Diseases Web site at www.michigan.gov/chronicwastingdisease.
DNR Acts to Implement CWD Surveillance and Response Plan August 26, 2008
Deer baiting ban timing questionedMany hunters support change, some farmers worry*** Emerging Diseas Issues - Michigan.gov |
What is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)? and
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Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
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Chronic wasting disease by Wikipedia
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Court Petition challenges Michigan deer baiting ban
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Hunters disappointed,
farm owners devastated
by deer and elk quarantine
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Here is what Wyoming DNR officials had to say
about Wisconsin officials scare tactics
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A good article with much information
regarding breeding deer in captivity:
Deer Breeding BOOMING in Texas &
With That Comes CONTROVERSY
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* Deer Feeding Legal Action . Com
* Oceana farmer, others challenge deer baiting ban
* Michigan Legislators Issue Recommendation on CWD Baiting Ban
* Politicians urge lift of baiting ban
* DNR urged to lift deer bait ban
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It is part of a plan to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease.
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* Deer Farm Industry in Michigan Issues Statement on the Recent Chronic Wasting Disease Case Identified on a Kent County Deer Farm
* CWD rule: If it attracts deer, remove it
(You'll notice that they still don't mention food plots!)
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* More to be known about CWD
Deer baiting ban is a must until more learned, expert says
* Deer Feeding Legal Action . Com
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