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<blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 252855" data-attributes="member: 605"><p>Two days ago earthjustice, defenders of wildlife, sierra club and the national wildlife refuge association sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service to stop feeding the on the National Elk Refuge. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-03-20/environment/groups-sue-feds-to-end-disease-spreading-elk-feeding/a65872-1" target="_blank">https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-03-20/environment/groups-sue-feds-to-end-disease-spreading-elk-feeding/a65872-1</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> <p style="text-align: center"> <a href="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/nc/signup.php" target="_blank">Get more headlines like this via email</a></p><p> [h=1]Groups Sue Feds to End Disease-Spreading Elk Feeding[/h] <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/images/share-this-article.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> <img src="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/images/play.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> </span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"> <img src="https://www.newsservice.org/getimage.php?p=c2dpZD02NTg3MiZzaWQ9MQ==" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"><img src="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/images/newbody/printicon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">Concern is growing that artificially feeding elk on the National Elk Refuge could become a catalyst for chronic wasting disease in the Mountain West. (Diane Borgreen/USFWS)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">March 20, 2019</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">HELENA, Mont. - With the threat of chronic wasting disease spreading, conservation groups are <a href="https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/elk-feeding-complaint.pdf" target="_blank">suing</a> the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jump-start a process to phase out supplemental elk feeding.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">The agency's decade-old commitment to phase out artificial feeding in Wyoming's National Elk Refuge has stalled, and the groups say the agency needs to act soon because these feedlots are breeding grounds for disease. The most serious concern is chronic wasting disease, which has spread to at least 24 states, including Montana.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Bonnie Rice, a senior representative with the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign, said CWD was detected in a deer in Grand Teton National Park near the refuge.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">"Given the threat of CWD and the fact that it's on the refuge's doorstep," she said, "it's really inexcusable, given the advance of this disease and the role of feed grounds in spreading disease, that the Fish and Wildlife Service hasn't taken action."</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Rice said the disease already could be present in the refuge.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">CWD, a cousin to Mad Cow Disease, is a degenerative brain illness that always is fatal. Feeding began at the refuge more than a century ago to sustain elk through the winter and resolve conflicts with ranchers feeding livestock.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Fish and Wildlife officials did not respond to a request for comment.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Geoffrey Haskett, president of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, said CWD can get into the soil and infect wildlife. He said that's a problem in the Wyoming refuge, where more than 20,000 elk have access to the feedlots in winter.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">"If they're all clustered together in such a large group in such a small space, it will just take off like crazy," he said. "So, it's been a concern for many, many years. It's not going away and something just needs to be done soon to disperse the animals, to not have such a terrible thing just waiting to happen."</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">There also is concern the disease could jump to humans, although that has yet to happen.</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">The lawsuit is online at <a href="https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/elk-feeding-complaint.pdf" target="_blank">earthjustice.org</a>.</p><p></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fritz the Cat, post: 252855, member: 605"] Two days ago earthjustice, defenders of wildlife, sierra club and the national wildlife refuge association sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service to stop feeding the on the National Elk Refuge. [url]https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-03-20/environment/groups-sue-feds-to-end-disease-spreading-elk-feeding/a65872-1[/url] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Roboto] [CENTER] [URL="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/nc/signup.php"]Get more headlines like this via email[/URL][/CENTER] [h=1]Groups Sue Feds to End Disease-Spreading Elk Feeding[/h] [CENTER][IMG]https://www.publicnewsservice.org/images/share-this-article.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [IMG]https://www.publicnewsservice.org/images/play.jpg[/IMG] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Roboto] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Roboto] [IMG]https://www.newsservice.org/getimage.php?p=c2dpZD02NTg3MiZzaWQ9MQ==[/IMG] [COLOR=#333333][IMG]https://www.publicnewsservice.org/images/newbody/printicon.jpg[/IMG] Concern is growing that artificially feeding elk on the National Elk Refuge could become a catalyst for chronic wasting disease in the Mountain West. (Diane Borgreen/USFWS) March 20, 2019[/COLOR] [LEFT]HELENA, Mont. - With the threat of chronic wasting disease spreading, conservation groups are [URL="https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/elk-feeding-complaint.pdf"]suing[/URL] the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jump-start a process to phase out supplemental elk feeding. The agency's decade-old commitment to phase out artificial feeding in Wyoming's National Elk Refuge has stalled, and the groups say the agency needs to act soon because these feedlots are breeding grounds for disease. The most serious concern is chronic wasting disease, which has spread to at least 24 states, including Montana. Bonnie Rice, a senior representative with the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign, said CWD was detected in a deer in Grand Teton National Park near the refuge. "Given the threat of CWD and the fact that it's on the refuge's doorstep," she said, "it's really inexcusable, given the advance of this disease and the role of feed grounds in spreading disease, that the Fish and Wildlife Service hasn't taken action." Rice said the disease already could be present in the refuge. CWD, a cousin to Mad Cow Disease, is a degenerative brain illness that always is fatal. Feeding began at the refuge more than a century ago to sustain elk through the winter and resolve conflicts with ranchers feeding livestock. Fish and Wildlife officials did not respond to a request for comment. Geoffrey Haskett, president of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, said CWD can get into the soil and infect wildlife. He said that's a problem in the Wyoming refuge, where more than 20,000 elk have access to the feedlots in winter. "If they're all clustered together in such a large group in such a small space, it will just take off like crazy," he said. "So, it's been a concern for many, many years. It's not going away and something just needs to be done soon to disperse the animals, to not have such a terrible thing just waiting to happen." There also is concern the disease could jump to humans, although that has yet to happen. The lawsuit is online at [URL="https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/elk-feeding-complaint.pdf"]earthjustice.org[/URL].[/LEFT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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