If
you plan hunt outside of Florida this year, the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission wants to remind you of state laws
designed to keep chronic wasting disease from entering our state.
Chronic
wasting disease is a contagious, neurological disease that has been
found in captive and wild deer in 22 states, two Canadian
provinces and in South Korea.
The
disease is always fatal in deer but does not seem to affect people.
Hunters
need to know that it is against the law to bring whole carcasses of
any deer, moose, or elk into Florida from any of the states
where Chronic wasting disease has been found.
It
is OK, however, to bring deboned meat and finished taxidermy mounts
into Florida as well as tanned hides, cleaned skulls, antlers and
teeth from any of these places, as long as all soft tissue has been
removed.
The
State is also continuing to monitor Florida’s deer herd for Chronic
Wasting Disease and asks that if anyone sees a sickly, extremely
skinny deer that you report it immediately to the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation commission.
Since
2002, the state has tested nearly
10,000 hunter-killed, road-killed and sick/diseased deer
for CWD.
There
is a toll-free hotline you can use at 866-293-9282.
http://live.oysterradio.com/
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