Proposal would eliminate big game feeding in N.D. – Minot Daily News
January 26, 2009 · Print This Article
BISMARCK (AP) – Hunters who attract big game by putting out piles of feed are the target of a legislative proposal to eliminate baiting, but the law also could affect animal lovers who just like having deer around.
Greg Link, an assistant wildlife chief for the state Game and Fish Department, said his agency has not monitored feeding by animal lovers as closely as baiting.
”That’s kind of on the fringe of our responsibility,” Link said. ”We don’t have a good handle on the number of people who do it and for what species. Obviously, there are people out there throwing out feed.”
The bill’s primary sponsor, Sen. Curtis Olafson, R-Edinburg, said the state must do something about such threats as chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis. Those diseases can be spread by baiting or feeding deer, he said. Click Link Below for Full Story!
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