The Texas Supreme Court found that the state could lawfully depopulate the ranch.
in Kaufman County, east of Dallas. He raised them to sell for trophy hunts. But when one of them tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department moved to depopulate the breeding facility,of Texas deer breeding facilities in recent years. At the end of May, a three-year court battle between Williams and the state ended with wildlife officials killing almost 250 deer.Texas Standard: This struggle between the state and Mr.
From a business perspective, his business was basically done the moment that CWD was found on the ranch. I mean, he couldn’t at that point sell deer to hunt. He couldn’t sell deer to other breeders. His ability to act as a deer breeder, which is what his business was based on, was over at that point.But let’s consider what the state was concerned about, because chronic wasting disease is similar to mad cow disease, just for animals like deer and elk. This can be enormously destructive.
There’s been some speculation that perhaps people can spread the disease to prions via other carcasses, their boots, things like that, that perhaps that’s the way that it’s coming into new areas.
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