Groups sue to stop elk feeding! That's fine, but move every single one of their kind out of the Jackson Valley so there is more habitat.! Maybe hunters need to sue to stop it, or sue after the first winter when thousands starve.




LANDER -- Five conservation organizations sued the federal government today in an attempt to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from feeding elk on the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., argues that continued wintertime elk feeding on the federally run refuge near Jackson will "maintain ideal conditions for the transmission of brucellosis, and also is highly likely to invite a devastating outbreak of lethal chronic wasting disease."

Among the groups that have signed on the lawsuit are the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and the Wyoming Outdoor Council.

An outbreak of chronic wasting disease, which the lawsuit characterizes as "the elk equivalent of ‘mad cow’ disease," would damage the native habitat around Jackson Hole and "otherwise disrupt the function and stability of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem," the lawsuit claims.

"Basically, we’ve got way too many animals on too small an area for too long a time," said Barry Reiswig, former National Elk Refuge manager. "They’re way over the Elk Refuge’s carrying capacity."

Brucellosis, chronic wasting disease, scabies and hoof rot are all diseases of concern for the estimated 7,500 elk that congregate on feedlines each winter, according to Jeff Welsch, spokesman for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition.

"Scabies and hoof rot are already visibly prevalent on the refuge, and the crowded conditions foster brucellosis as well," Welsch wrote in a prepared statement. "The most ominous possibility is the spread of [chronic wasting disease]. In the farm-like conditions of the refuge, disease can spread quickly through the herds. CWD has already been found as close as Thermopolis, about 70 miles to the east."

Rick Coleman, assistant regional director for refuges with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said his agency was aware of the lawsuit Tuesday, but officials didn’t yet know the details. Coleman said he was not at liberty to discuss the case or any of its arguments today

More Wolves, Bears, Mountain Lions, & Hunting will solve that problem in one season.

Maybe import a pair of Panthera Tigris Altaica to keep things under control - they hunt well in the dead of winter....

Don't think this is the 1st time they tried this.
I'll agree with ya we need to bulldoze every house,barn,fence and Ski area that is in the way of the migration route and then we can stop the feeding.

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I'll agree with ya we need to bulldoze every house,barn,fence and Ski area that is in the way of the migration route and then we can stop the feeding.

Another group of stupid SOBS that live in Ivory Towers in Kalifornia and NY and have summer homes in Wy....

Jackson has the best elk program in the USA, and the best elk herd in the USA per square mile, so lets screw it up...

I betcha the same bastards don't want us to drill for oil and build refinerys so we can pay $6.00 a gallon for gas...

I know for a fact they build their big expensive homes on the traditional elk feeding grounds and that is why we feed them, We took away their habitat to apease these a$$holes,

If ever there was a subject that gets my dander up it's do gooders with nothing but emotion guiding them..The road to hell is paved with good intentions..

Maybe we should take back them billion $ spreads by eminent domain. Wouldnt restoring the winter grounds benefit the tourist industry, and thus the area?

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Another group of stupid SOBS that live in Ivory Towers in Kalifornia and NY and have summer homes in Wy....

Jackson has the best elk program in the USA, and the best elk herd in the USA per square mile, so lets screw it up...

I betcha the same bastards don't want us to drill for oil and build refinerys so we can pay $6.00 a gallon for gas...

I know for a fact they build their big expensive homes on the traditional elk feeding grounds and that is why we feed them, We took away their habitat to apease these a$$holes,

If ever there was a subject that gets my dander up it's do gooders with nothing but emotion guiding them..The road to hell is paved with good intentions..

Someone in your local government gave the leftist morons a building permit. Maybe you should start by developing some proper land use guidelines to keep the communists out.

(It's all part of an evil plot Ray - we're sending them up to you cause we have too many)

Macifeg,
How can I ever think you enough!