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A bill in the Kansas Legislature that would cut millions from the state’s wildlife department comes after a lawmaker threatened to defund the state agency for considering deer-baiting restrictions.
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Parks and Wildlife officials were trying to stop chronic wasting disease from spreading out of the Kerr Wildlife Management Area.
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The Kerr Wildlife Management Area has hosted deer research for decades.
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Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.
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A Republican lawmaker sparked ethics concerns after he threatened to cut at least a million dollars from the agency if it bans deer baiting. And he said another lawmaker that owns a hunting lodge would help him.
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Feeding deer ensures strong numbers of the animals at hunting lodges, but state wildlife officials are worried about diseases and other unintended effects
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation confirmed a second white-tailed deer has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.
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A deadly disease found in wild deer has been discovered for the first time in Oklahoma.
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Cases of chronic wasting disease have been found at several deer-breeding facilities.
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Agencies across Kansas are warning drivers to take additional caution as deer mating season begins, bringing higher levels of deer activity. Sedgwick...