CLOSER
LOOK
AT
%MARQUETTE POLL
NUMBERS ON THE
%SPREAD
OF
CWD IN
THE
STATE.
%TOMORROW MARKS
THE
KICKOFF OF
%THE
GUN
DEER
SEASON,
THE
18TH
%OPENING DAY
SINCE
THE
DISCOVERY
%OF CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE
IN
%WISCONSIN'S HERD.
%THE MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL POLL
%SHOWS OF
THOSE
PEOPLE
WHO
HAVE
%HEARD ABOUT
CWD, 64%
FEEL
IT
%REPRESENTS A
THREAT TO
THE
%FUTURE OF
DEER
HUNTING
IN
%WISCONSIN.
%OVER
THE
NEXT
WEEK,
THOUSANDS
OF
%HUNTERS WILL
HARVEST A
DEER,
BUT
%MOST WILL
NOT
GET
IT
TESTED
FOR
%CWD.
%IN
THE FIRST
OF TWO
REPORTS ON%THE
TOPIC
TONIGHT, "HERE AND
%NOW"
REPORTER ZAC
SCHULTZ
SPOKE
%WITH FOUR
HUNTERS
T
O
FIND
OUT
%THE
DIFFERING
REASONS
WHY
SOME
%GET THEIR
DEER
TESTED
AND
THE
%OVERWHELMING REASON
WHY
MOST DO
%NOT.
%>> IS
THERE
--
THESE
ARE
LOIN
%CHOPS FROM
NOLAN'S
CROSSBOW
%BUCK,
THE
10-YEAR-OLD
SHOT
THAT.%>>
EARLIER
THIS
FALL,
STEVE
%RAYNIER'S SON
NOLAN SHOT
A
BUCK
%WITH A
CROSSBOW.
%STEVE
WAS IN
THE
STAND
WITH
HIM
%AND
COACHED HIM
THROUGH
THE
%SHOT.%>>
KEEP
HIM
CALM, WITH
A
CALM
%VOICE, WHICH IS
EASIER
FOR
ME
TO
%DO FOR
HIM
THAN IT
IS
FOR
MYSELF
%WHEN I'M
SHOOTING THE
DEER.%>>
JUST SAW
IT
COME
OUT OF
THE
%BRUSH
OVER
THERE.%>>
NOLAN
IS 10
YEARS
OLD.
%THE
SAME
AGE
STEVE
WAS
WHEN
HE
%GOT
INTERESTED
IN
HUNTING.%>>
NICE
JOB,
NOLAN!
%>>
WHEN
I
WAS
10,
I
WENT TO
THE
%LIBRARY, I HAD
TO
PICK
A
BOOK
%AND
I
JUST
RANDOMLY
GRABBED
A
%BOOK
ON
HUNTING.
%AND
THAT
IS WHAT
SPARKED
IT
IN
%ME, I
GUESS.%>>
WHEN
HE
WAS
YOUNG, HUNTING
%WAS ABOUT BEING WITH THE
GROUP.%>>
YOU'D
GET
TOGETHER I
N
A
%CAMPER
AND
PLAY
CARDS
AND
TELL
%JOKES
AND
SHARE FOOD AND
ALL
%THAT
STUFF.
%AT
SOME
POINT,
IT
BECAME
ABOUT
%THE
FOOD,
AND
TODAY
IT'S A
%LITTLE BIT
OF FOOD
AND
IT'S
A
%LITTLE
BIT
OF
JUST
ENJOYING
THE
%HUNT.%>> BUT
TODAY,
VENISON COMES
WITH
%A
SIDE
DISH
OF
CONCERN
ABOUT%CHRONIC
WASTING
DISEASE,
OR
CWD.
%STEVE SAYS
THE FIRST
THING THEY
%DID WITH
NOLAN'S
BUCK
IS
TO
GET
%IT
TESTED.%>>
THAT
DEER
DID
COME
BACK
%NEGATIVE.%>> IF
IT
HAD
COME BACK
POSITIVE
%FOR
CWD,
THIS
MEAL
NEVER
WOULD
%HAVE
HAPPENED.%>> I
WOULD DEFINITELY
THROW
THE
%DEER
AWAY.%>>
CHRONIC
WASTING
DISEASE IS
A
%FATAL
NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE
FOUND
%IN
DEER,
MOOSE
AND
ELK.
%THERE IS
A
HUMAN
VERSION
OF
CWD
%CALLED CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB'S%DI
SEASE, BUT
IT'S
RARE, AND
%THERE'S
NO
EVIDENCE
CWD
CAN
%INFECT
HUMANS.
%BUT THE
PREONS
THAT CAUSE CWD
%CAN BE
FOUND
IN
VENISON, SO
%HUNTERS ARE
RECOMMENDED TO
TOSS
%INFECTED
MEAT.
%>>
IT'S
A
LITTLE
FRUSTRATING
%THAT
I
SPENT THE
MONEY TO
GET
IT
%PROCESSED AND THEN I
HAVE TO
LET
%IT
SIT
BEFORE I'M
ALLOWED
TO
EAT
%IT.%>>
TOM
BERG
GETS
EVERY
DEER
HE
%SHOOTS
TESTED
FOR
CWD.
%>>
I'M
LOOKING
AT
POSSIBLY
%THROWING
AWAY $100
WORTH
OF
MEAT
%IF
IT
WERE
TO
COME BACK
%POSITIVE, BUT THAT'S
EXACTLY%WHAT I
WOULD
DO.
%>>
TOM
HAS
HUNTED
BIG
GAME
%AROUND
THE
WORLD.%>>
THE
SOUTHERN
IMPALA
WAS
TAKEN
%IN 2009.
%>>
BUT
TODAY,
HE
DOES
MOST
OF
%HIS HUNTING ON
A
SMALL PIECE
OF
%PROPERTY
IN WAUPACA COUNTY.
%>>
THIS
IS ONE
OF
M
Y
FAVORITE
%SPOTS.
%BECAUSE
IT'S
LIKE JUST
SITTING
%HERE AND
LISTEN
TO
THE
BIRDS,
%WATCH THE
DEER.%>>
CWD HAS
BEEN
FOUND
IN
DEER
ON
%A
PRIVATE
HUNTING
RANCH JUST
A
%FEW MILES
FROM
HIS
GROUND
BLIND.%>>
WELL,
IT
HASN'T
CHANGED HOW
I
%FEEL ABOUT
HUNTING
SO
MUCH,%OTHER
THAN
EXTREME
FRUSTRATION
%WITH
THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE
%SITUATION.%>> AFTER CWD
WAS
FOUND
IN
%WISCONSIN
IN
2002,
THE
STATE
AND
%THE
DNR
WERE
VERY
AGGRESSIVE
IN
%TRYING
TO
ERADICATE O
R
AT
LEAST
%LIMIT THE
SPREAD OF
THE
DISEASE.
%BUT THE
STRATEGIES
WERE
%UNPOPULAR WITH
MANY
HUNTERS, AND
%THEY WERE
ROLLED
BACK
BY
%GOVERNOR
SCOTT
WALKER.%>>
CHANGED
HOW
I
VOTED, BECAUSE
%I
FELT
THAT
THE
ADMINISTRATION%WAS IN
SOME
WAYS
ACTIVELY
%WORKING AGAINST
US
ON
THIS.
%>>
TOM
SAYS
EVEN
IF
IT
LOOKS%LIKE THE
STATE
DOESN'T
CARE,
%HUNTERS
SHOULD.%>>
IT'S
NOT
ALL
ADMINISTRATION'S%FAULT, IT'S NOT
ALL
THE
DNR'S
%FAULT, IT'S
ALSO
A
LACK
OF
BUY
%IN FROM THE
PUBLIC ON REA
%DUESING
THE
NUMBER
O
F
DEER.%>>
THE
NUMBER
OF
DEER
KILLED
BY
%HUNTERS EACH
YEAR
HAS
ACTUALLY
%GONE DOWN
SINCE
THE
DISCOVERY OF
%CWD,
BUT
THAT
COINCIDES
WITH
THE
%A
DROP IN
THE
NUMBER
OF
HUNTERS.
%BUT CWD
HAS
ALSO
SPREAD.
%FROM
THE
FIRST THREE
POSITIVES
%IN 2002,
IT
HAS
EXPANDED
TO
%COVER
MOST
OF
SOUTHWEST
%WISCONSIN.
%AND
NOW 56
COUNTIES EITHER
HAVE
%A
DEER
THAT
HAS
TESTED
POSITIVE
%OR
ARE
WITHIN 10 MILES
OF
A
%POSITIVE
CASE.
%>>
I
WAS
CONCERNED
BECAUSE I'M
%PART OF
THE
WHOLE
THING.%>>
WHEN
KATHRYN
WHITE
BROUGHT
%THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IN
JUNEAU
%COUNTY, SHE
DIDN'T
BUILD A KA
%CABIN, SHE PUT
UP
A
TREE
STAND.
%BUT
CWD-POSITIVE DEER
HAVE
BEEN
%FOUND JUST A
FEW
MILES AWAY.
%>>
I
DIDN'T
KNO
W
THAT
IT
SPREAD,
%I
DIDN'T
KNOW
IT
THE
TORTURE
THE
%DEER MUST GO
THROUGH.%>>
SHE FIRST
STARTED
HUNTING
%BACK
WHEN
DEER
NUMBERS
WERE LOW
%AND
IT
WASN'T COMMON
T
O
SEE A
%WOMAN IN BLAZE
ORANGE.%>>
THIS IS
A
PICTURE
OF
MY FIRST
%BUCK.%>> I
GOT
INTO IT
BECAUSE
MY
%HUSBAND AT
THAT TIME WENT
WITH
%THE
BOYS
HUNTING, AND
I
HAD
TO
%STAY
HOME.
%AND I
DIDN'T
LIKE
THAT.
%FOR SOME
REASON,
I
THOUGHT
I'D
%LIKE
HUNTING.%>>
CWD
HASN'T
CHANGED
HOW
SHE
%FEELS
ABOUT HER
TIME IN
THE
%WOODS.%>>
I
CAN
FEEL,
I
FEEL
ALIVE
OUT
%HERE.
%IT'S
A
PASSION.
%IT
BRINGS
SOMETHING
TO
ME.
%>>
BUT
IT
HAS
MADE
HER
TEST
HER
%DEER,
AND
WONDER
WHY
MORE
PEOPLE
%DON'T.
%>>
I'M
MORE
AWARE.
%I
DON'T
WANT THE
SPREAD
OF
IT.
%I
THINK
I
HAVE
TO
DO
MY
PART,
%AND IT
WOULD
BE
NICE
IF
OTHER
%PEOPLE
DID
THEIR
PART.%>>
IN
2018,
HUNTERS
KILLED%336,000 DEER,
BUT
ONLY 17
THOWL,
%JUST
!
17 --
ONLY
17,000,
JUST
5%,
WERE
%TESTED FOR CWD.
%THE
TESTS
ARE
FREE AND
THE
DNR
%HAS TRIED
TO
MAKE
IT
MORE
%CONVENIENT BY
SETTING
UP
CWD
%KIOSKS WHERE
HUNTERS
CAN
DROP
%OFF A
DEER
HEAD
AND
GET
THE
%RESULTS
EMAILED TO
THEM.
%BUT THE
WAIT
CAN
RANGE
FROM
DAYS
%IN
BOW
SEASON
TO
A
MONTH
OR
MORE
%AFTER THE
GUN
SEASON.
%AND THAT CAN
BE
ENOUGH
TO
%CONVINCE SOME
HUNTERS THAT
%TESTING ISN'T
WORTH
IT.
%>>
IT'S
TIME
FRAME,
AND
IT'S
NOT
%CONVENIENT
TOO
I'M
GOOD
TOO.%>>
YOU'RE
GOOD?
%>>
YEAH.%>>
THEY
SPEND
THEIR
WEEKENDS IN
%THE
FALL
CAMPING
IN
YELLOWSTONE
%STATE
PARK
IN
SOUTHWEST
%WISCONSIN.%>>
JUST --
HEY,
YOU
WANT
TO
GO
%OUT
AND
SHOOT
SOME
DEERS?
%LET'S
GO.
%>>
THE
CAMPGROUND
IS
RIGHT
NEXT
%TO
PUBLIC
HUNTING
LAND.
%OPENING DAY IN
SEPTEMBER,
THEY
%GOT A
DOE
AND
HAD
IT
BACK
AT
%CAMP.%>>
WE
SPLILT
!
SPLIT
IT
UP,
EVERYBODY
%GETS A
LEG.%>>
THEY
DIDN'T
BOTHER
TESTING
%FOR CWD
BECAUSE
JUST
A
FEW
WEEKS
%LATER, IT
HAD
ALREADY
BEEN
%
EATEN.%>>
WE
GO IN
A
GROUP,
SO
EVERY
%
DEER
IS
LIKE
ONE FIFTH FOR
US,
%PER FAMILY, SO
IT'S
NOT
THAT
%LONG.%>>
HIS
GROUP
CAN
NUMBER
UP
TO 10
%HUNTERS,
AND
BETWEEN
BOW
AND
GUN
%SEASON,
THEY
MIGHT
SHOOT
AND
EAT
%UP
TO 20
DEER A
YEAR.
%HE SAYS
THEY'VE NEVER
SEEN
A
%DEER THAT
LOOKED
SICK IN
THE
%WILD.%>>
I'VE
SEEN
PICTURES
ONLINE,
%AND THEY
LOOK
SCARY,
BUT
YEAH
-
%>>
BUT
NOT
EVERY
INFECTED
DEER
%LOOKS SICK AND
THERE
ARE
%DEFINITELY INFECTED
DEER IN
THE
%AREA.
%THE
PREVALENCE
RATE
FOR
CWD
%VARIES AROUND
THE
STATE,
BUT IN%THE
MONITORED
ZONE
OF
IOWA
AND
%DANE
COUNTIES, JUST
NORTH
OF
%YELLOWSTONE
LAKE,
THE
DNR
%ESTIMATES 15%
OF
ADULT
DOUGHS
DOES
ARE
%INFECTED
AND
35%
OF
BUCKS.
%DESPITE
ALL
THAT,
VONG
AND
ALL
%THE OTHER
HUNTERS
WHO
DON'T
TEST
%FOR CWD
STILL
HAVE ONE
STATISTIC
%ON THEIR
SIDE.
%>>
AS FAR
AS
I'M
AWARE,
THEY
%SAID
YOU
KNOW,
IT
CAN'T
TRANSMIT
%FROM DEER
TO
HUMANS,
SO
SHOULD
%BE
OKAY.%>>
ZAC
SCHULTZ
JOINS
US
NOW
WITH
%MORE.
%FIRST,
ZAC, WHY
DOES
THE
DNR
%ENCOURAGE
TESTING?%>>
WELL,
THERE'S
A
COUPLE
%REASONS FOR THAT.
%THEY WANT TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
%HUNTERS ARE
BEING
KNOWLEDGEABLE
%ABOUT WHAT
THEY'RE
CONSUMING,
%BUT ALSO
THEY
WANT
TO
KNOW
IF
%THIS
HAS
SPREAD
FARTHER
THAN
%WHERE THEY
ORIGINALLY ARE
%TRACKING IT.
%THIS
STARTED
IN
SOUTHWEST
%WISCONSIN, AND THEN IT
KIND
O
F
%SPREAD OUT FROM
THERE,
BUT
%THROUGH SOME
MOVEMENT,
IT
HAS
%GONE
TO
MOST
COUNTIES
AROUND
THE
%STATE, AND THEY
WANT
TO
KNOW
IF
%IT'S GONE
BEYOND
THAT.
%AND IF
HUNTERS AREN'T
TESTING
IN
%A
CERTAIN
COUNTY BECAUSE
IT
%HASN'T BEEN FOUND
THERE,
THEY'RE%NOT GOING
TO
FIND
I
T
UNLESS THEY
%DO THE
TESTING IN
THE FIRST%PLACE.
%SO
IT'S
KIND
OF
A
CHICKEN AND
%THE
EGG,
IF
THEY AREN'T
DOING
%TESTING IN
CERTAIN
SPOTS,
%THEY'LL NEVER KNOW IF
IT
GOT
%THERE IN
THE FIRST
PLACE
AND A
%LOT OF
HUNTERS
SAY
IT'S
NOT
%HERE, I'M NOT
GOING
TO
BOTHER
%TESTING.%>>
ARE
EFFORTS BEING
MADE
TO
%MAKE DEER
TESTING
MORE
%CONVENIENT FOR
T
HEM?%>>
THE
DNR
HAS
GOT A
LOT
OF
%DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
THEY'RE
%TRYING TO COULD.
% DO.
%ONE OF THE THINGS IS
MAKING
THE
%CWD
KIOSKS
AVAILABLE IN
MORE
%PLACES AROUND THE STATE.
%IT USED
TO
BE
WHEN
PEOPLE
%REGISTERED THEIR
DEER
IN
PERSON%AT A
TAVERN OR A
PLACE,
THE
DNR
%COULD JUST GO
THERE, ALL
THE
%HUNTERS CAME IN
AND
BROUGHT THE
%DEER TO THEM
AND
THEY
COULD TAKE
%ALL THE
SAMPLES THEY
WANTED
IN
A
%CERTAIN SPOT.
%NOW THAT
YOU
DO
THE
REGISTRATION%ONLINE
OR OVER THE
PHONE,
%HUNTERS DON'T
BRING
THEIR
DEER
%ANYWHERE UNTIL
THE
LOCKER
MARKET
%OR
WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING
TO
%BUTCHER.
%SO THEY HAVE
TO
MAKE
CWD
TESTING
%MORE
ACCESSIBLE SO
THERE'S
%KIOSKS IN SOME
OF
THOSE
PLACES
%WHERE YOU USED
TO
REGISTER THEIR
%DEER, THEY
CAN
NOW DROP
OFF A
%HEAD OR
DO
THE
TESTING THERE.
%SO
THEY'RE
TRYING
TO
MAKE
IT
%BROADER IN THAT
SENSE,
BUT
%THEY'RE
ALSO TRYING
TO
DO
OTHER
%WAYS OF
MAKING
IT
EASIER
FOR
%HUNTERS
TO
KNOW ABOUT
TESTING IN
%THE FIRST
PLACE.%>>
WHAT
ABOUT
REDUCING
THE
WAIT
%TIMES
FOR
THESE
RESULTS?%>>
WELL, THAT
IS ONE THING
THAT
%THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
%THEY'VE TRIED
TO
INCREASE THE
%CAPACITY
TO
HANDLE MORE
TESTS,
%BUT IT'S
GOING TO
VARY
%THROUGHOUT
THE
SEASON.
%IN
THE
BOW
SEASON,
STARTING IN
%SEPTEMBER, WHEN THERE'S
NOT
THA
T
%MANY DEER
SHOT
ON
A
DAILY
BASIS,
%THEN YOU'RE GOING
TO
GET
TEST
%RESULTS
FASTER.
%AS WE
SAW
THE
F
AMILY
IN
THAT
%STORY GOT
THEIR
RESULTS IN
JUST
%A
FEW
DAYS.
%BUT IN
THE
MIDDLE OF
THE
GUN
%SEASON, WHEN
THERE'S TENS OF%THOUSANDS OF
DEER
BEING
SHOT
%EVERY
DAY, THEN
IT'S
GOING
TO
%TAKE
LONGER
WHEN
ALL
THOSE DEER
%COME IN
FOR
TESTING AT
ONCE.
%WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT UP
TO 20,000
%DEERL IN
!
20,000
DEER
IN
A
COMPLETE SEASON.
%THE DNR
IS
TRYING TO
DO
MORE
TO
%WATCH THE
SPREAD OF
THE
DISEASE
%BY
TESTING
IN
DIFFERENT
PARTS OF
%THE
STATE, AND
THEY
THINK
%THEY'VE FOUND
THE
PERFECT
PLACE
%TO
DO
ADDITIONAL RESO
!
RESEARCH
ON
HOW
%TO
SLOW
THE
SPREAD
OF
CWD
IN
%WISCONSIN.%>>
THIS
IS
PRIME
WHITETAIL
%HABITAT.
%YEARS
AGO,
THIS
PROPERTY
HELD
%SOME
MONSTER
BUCKS.
%BUT THERE
ARE
NO
DEER
HERE
NOW,
%AND
THE
DNR
WANTS
TO
KEEP
IT
%THAT
WAY.%>>
WE'RE
VERY
COMPELLED
TO
%PROTECT
THE
LOCAL
WILD
DEER
HERD
%FROM
THIS
PROPERTY,
FROM
THIS
%SOIL
THAT
WE'RE
STANDING
ON
HERE
%TODAY.%>>
TAMMY
RYAN IS
ACTING
DIRECTOR%OF
THE
DNR'S
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
%BUREAU.%>>
WE'RE
CURRENTLY
AT
WHAT
WE
%REFER TO
AS
THE
ALMOND
FARM.%>>
IT
TAKES
ITS
NAME FROM
THE
%NEARBY VILLAGE OF
ALMOND,
BUT
IN
%2002, THIS
WAS
A
DEER
FARM
%CALLED
BUCKHORN
FLATS,
AND
THE
%LOCATION
FOR
THE FIRST
POSITIVE
%TEST
FOR CHRONIC
WASTING
DISEASE
%ON A
GAME
FARM
IN
WISCONSIN.
%>>
THIS IS
WHERE
THE FIRST
%CAPTIVE DEER
WAS
DETECTED.%>>
THE
DEER
FARM
WAS
DEPOPULATED
%IN 2006 BY THE
USDA.
%IN
ALL,
82 DEER FROM
THIS FARM
%TESTED
POSITIVE
FOR
CWD.%>>
AT
THE
TIME
THAT IT
WAS
%DEPOPULATED, THERE WAS
AN
80%
%PREVALENCE RATE
FROM
THAT
%DEPOPULATION.%>>
THE
DNR
BOUGHT
THE
PROPERTY
%IN 2011 AND
ADDED
A SECOND
%FENCE.
%EVEN
THOUGH
THE
DEER
WERE
GONE,
%THE SOIL
ITSELF
IS
TOXIC.%>>
THE
DISEASE
CAN
BE
%TRANSMITTED
THROUGH
EXPOSURE
%JUST TO
THE
CONTAMINATED SOIL.
%SO
DEER
THAT
HAVE
CWD
ARE
%SHEDDING
PREONS
IN
THEIR
BODILY
%FLUID,
SO
THEIR
URINE,
THEIR
%SALIVA, THEIR
FECES.%>>
FOR
THE
LAST EIGHT
YEARS,
THE
%FARM
HAS
SAT
UNUSED,
BUT
NOW
THE
%DNR
HAS FOUND
A
WAY
TO TURN
THE
%FENCES AND
THE
SOIL
INTO
A
%POSITIVE.
%A
RESEARCH
PROJECT
.
%>>
THIS
SITE
IS
ALREADY
%CONSIDERED
CONTAMINATED
AND
%QUARANTINED, IT MADE IT
A
%PERFECT SITE TO DO
THE
WORK.
%IF
YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS
ABOUT
%YOUR
GRADE
ONLINE --%>>
ROB
!
MY
BACKGROUND,
MY
PH.D.
WORK
%WAS IN
COMPOSTING
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
%WASTE.%>>
SO
WHAT WE
HAVE HERE
ARE
THE%FOUR
COMPOSTING
BINS THAT
ARE
%GOING TO BE
USED FOR THE
%RESEARCH.%>>
HE
BUILT
THESE
FULLY
%CONTAINED
COMPOSTING CELLS AND
%PLANS
TO
PUT TWO
CWD-POSITIVE
%DEER IN
EACH
CELL.
%>>
WHEN
WE
BUILD
THE
PILES
WITH
%THE
CARCASSES, THEY
GET
BURIED,
%COVERED
WITH
A
THICK
LAYER
OF
%SAWDUST AND THEY
BASICALLY SIT
%THERE
FOR THREE
TO SIX
MONTHS,
%UNDISTURBED WITH NOTHING
ELSE
%GETTING INTO
IT.
%>>
THE
PLAN
IS
TO
SEE
IF
%COMPOSTING WILL
BREAK
DOWN
AND
%DEGRADE THE
P
REONS
THAT
CAUSE
%CWD,
THEREBY
PREVENTING
MORE
%CONTAMINATION.%HE'LL BE
TESTING
THE
SOIL
AND
%ANY WATER
THAT
FILTERS
THROUGH
%THE CELLS.
%A
SIMILAR
STUDY
IN
CANADA
SHOWED
%PROMISE.%>> WE HAVE
SEEN
SOME
GOOD
%RESULTS WHERE
THE
PREO HAS
!
REON HAS
%BEEN
DEGRADED.
%WE
JUST
DON'TNESS
SAIR
LEA
KNOW
%WHAT'S DOING IT.
%IS
IT
A
CERTAIN
MICROBE,
A
%CERTAIN
TEMPERATURE.%>>
ONE REASON
THIS
STUDY
IS
SO
%IMPORTANT IS
IT'S
GETTING
MORE
%DIFFICULT TO
DISPOSE
OF
DEER
%CARCASSES.
%THE DNR
SECRETARY
DESIGNEE
SAYS
%CWD-POSITIVE DEER
ARE
BEING
%DRIVEN
ALL OVER
THE
STATE WHEN
A
%HUNTER SHOOTS
A
DEER
AND
THEN
%TAKES IT
HOME
FOR
PROCESSING.%>>
SO
THEY'RE
FLYING
BLIND
WHEN
%IT
COMES TO
IF
THAT
CARCASS HAS
%IT OR
NOT.
%THAT COULD BE
A
PROBLEM
FOR
MANY
%PLACES
WHERE
CWD
ISN'T.%>>
ESPECIALLY IF
THE
HUNTER
%DROPS
THE
BONES IN THE
WOODS
OR
%THE
TRASH,
BECAUSE
THOSE
PREONS
%COULD
ENTER
THE
SOIL
AND
INFECT
%MORE
DEAL.%>>
WE
HAVE
PEOPLE --
IT'S
%CREATING
CHALLENGES
FOR
DEER
%HUNTERS,
FOR
OUR
MEAT
%PROCESSORS, TAX
DETERMINISTS.%>>
LET'S TRY
TO
FOCUS ON
THE
%POSITIVES.%>>
THE
DNR
TRIED
T
O
IMPLEMENT
%EMERGENCY RULES LAST
YEAR
ABOUT
%MOVING
DEER
CARCASSES,
BUT
%LEGISLATURE
OVERRULED
THEM.
%COLE HOPES
SCIENCE
WIL
L HELP
%GUIDE
THE
DEBATE AT
THE
CAPITOL.%>>
THE
CARCASS
TRANSPORT
RULE IS
%
A
ROBUST
CONVERSATION
THAT'S
%ONGOING
RIGHT
NOW.%>>
HOPEFULLY
THIS
RESEARCH
WILL
%PROVIDE
A LONG TERM
SOLUTION
FOR
%US
IN
OUR
EVER-INCREASING
%CHALLENGES WITH
THE
DISPOSAL
OF
%DEER
CARCASS
WASTE.%>>
HE
SAYS
HE
EXPECTS
TO
GET
%RESULTS
NEXT
YEAR
AND
ALREADY
%HAS IDEAS
ABOUT
FUTURE
RESEARCH%AT
THE
ALMOND
FARM.%>>
THERE'S
LOTS
OF
ROOM AT
THE
%LOCATION
SORT
OF
THING.
%SO THERE'S ALL
SORTS
OF
%DIFFERENT WAYS WE
CAN
GO.
%>>
ZAC,
HOW
WELL-KNOWN IS
THIS
%RESEARCH
THAT
YOU
ARE
REPORTING
%ON?
%>>
NOT
VERY
BY
MOST
HUNTERS.
%THE PEOPLE
THAT
LIVE
IMMEDIATELY
%AROUND
THE
ALMOND
FARM
ARE
KEPT
%INFORMED BY
THE
DNR
AS
PART
OF%AN
AGREEMENT
THE
DNR MADE
WHEN
%THEY PURCHASED
THAT,
BECAUSE
OF
%CONTAMINATION
THERE,
THEY
WOULD
%LET
IMMEDIATE
LAND
OWNERS
AND
%PEOPLE AROUND
THERE
KNOW
ABOUT
%ANY ONGOING CHANGES TO
THE
%FACILITY, INCLUDING
RESEARCH,
%BUT UNLESS
YOU'RE
DIGGING DEEP
%INTO
THE
DNR
WEBSITE
OR
%FOLLOWING
WHAT
RESEARCH THEY'RE
%DOING,
YOU'RE NOT
GOING
TO
GO
%ABOUT
THIS
YET
BASICALLY
BECAUSE
%IT'S
JUST
UNDERWAY.%>>
FROM
YOUR
REPORTING, YOU
GET
%KIND OF
A
SENSE, BUT IS
THIS
A
%PARTISAN THING AT
ALL?%>> IT
IS
AND
IT
ISN'T.
%IT
SHOULDN'T
BE
AND
MOST
PEOPLE
%AGROW
IT'S
!
AGREE IT'S
NOT
BUT
THERE'S
A
%HISTORY
OF
PARTISAN
NATURE
THAT
%COMES WITH ALL
OF
THESE
KIND
OF
%DNR
QUESTIONS.
%THERE'S
AN
ELEMENT OF
PEOPLE WE
%SAW IN
SOME OF
THE
STORIES
BEING
%FRUSTRATED WITH
THE
CUTS
TO
%SCIENCE AT
THE
DNR
AND
WHETHER
%THOSE
SCIENTISTS WOULD
HAVE
%WORKED ON
CWD-RELATED
PROJECTS
%OR
NOT.
%IT WAS
STILL
THE
IDEA
THAT
%GOVERNOR
SCOTT
WALKER
AND
%REPUBLICANS
WERE OPPOSED
TO
%DOING SOME
OF THIS
RESEARCH
AND
%THAT MAY HAVE
BEEN THE
REASON%WHY IT
TOOK
SO
LONG
FOR
SOME
OF
%THESE
PROJECTS
TO
COME
ONLINE,
%BUT
THE
REVERSE
SIDE,
%REPUBLICANS REPRESENT THE
AREAS
%WHERE A LOT
O
F
THESE
HUNTERS
%LIVE AND
HUNT,
SO
THEY'RE VERY
%MUCH
IN
TOUCH
WITH
THEIR
%CONSTITUENTS AND A LOT
OF
%HUNTERS DON'T
LIKE
TO
SEE
%CHANGES TO
HOW
THE
SEASON
WORKS
%AND HOW
THEIR
HUNT
WORKS.
%THE
CULTURE
ABOUT
HUNTING
IS%VERY MUCH
BASED
ON
TRADITION.%>>
ABSOLUTELY.
%ALL RIGHT.
%WELL, ZAC
SCHULTZ, THANK YOU%VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR
REPORTING.
%FINALLY, ONE MORE
NOTE FROM
THE%MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL
POLL.
%OF THOSE
WHO
HAVE
HEARD
ABOUT%CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE,
49%
%APPROVE OF HOW