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<blockquote data-quote="BrockW" data-source="post: 415795" data-attributes="member: 5910">I also agree with [USER=605]@Fritz the Cat[/USER] in that blaming deer farmers isn't of much use at this point, unless you're living in Texas or Wisconsin perhaps.&nbsp; In most of the other areas of the country, it's been a long time since CWD in captive cervids has spilled over into the wild.&nbsp; Do they hold some blame for past outbreaks?&nbsp; Sure. But that cat's out of the bag and it isn't going back in. Many of those deer farmers aren't even in business anymore. So, in my opinion, we're better off trying to work together rather than pointing fingers at deer farmers (though there are some exceptions to that statement in Wisconsin and Texas).There's actually been some work done showing that high prevalence in the wild is a significant increase in risk to captive facilities in that same area finding the disease within their fence. I believe it's actually happened fairly recently (wild to captive spillover).&nbsp; It's in everyone's (hunters and deer farmers) best interest to keep this disease at a mininum and slow it's geographic spread and increase in prevalance as much as possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrockW, post: 415795, member: 5910"] I also agree with [USER=605]@Fritz the Cat[/USER] in that blaming deer farmers isn't of much use at this point, unless you're living in Texas or Wisconsin perhaps. In most of the other areas of the country, it's been a long time since CWD in captive cervids has spilled over into the wild. Do they hold some blame for past outbreaks? Sure. But that cat's out of the bag and it isn't going back in. Many of those deer farmers aren't even in business anymore. So, in my opinion, we're better off trying to work together rather than pointing fingers at deer farmers (though there are some exceptions to that statement in Wisconsin and Texas). There's actually been some work done showing that high prevalence in the wild is a significant increase in risk to captive facilities in that same area finding the disease within their fence. I believe it's actually happened fairly recently (wild to captive spillover). It's in everyone's (hunters and deer farmers) best interest to keep this disease at a mininum and slow it's geographic spread and increase in prevalance as much as possible. [/QUOTE]

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