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“Some deer farmers put ethics on line for profit”
By
Nilesh A. Vaghasiya
Business Ethics
Dallas Baptist University
In less than 40 years, a small group of farmers has built a billion dollar industry primary devoted to breeding the deer, which were kept in the fencing and were used for the hinting in order to make money. This is an industry that no one has seen in last four decades. An Indianapolis Star investigation has discovered the industry costs taxpayers millions of dollars, compromises long-standing wildlife laws, endangers wild deer and undermines the government's multibillion-dollar effort to protect livestock and the food supply.
In order to make more money, breeders are shipping an unprecedented number of deer and elk across state lines, along with the diseases they carry. Due to this Captive-deer facilities have spread tuberculosis to cattle and are suspected to spread some other deadly diseases among cattle. The Star’s investigation also found some strong evidences, which proves that captive deer have helped accelerate the spread of chronic wasting disease. CWD now has been found in many states.
"It's totally irresponsible," said food-safety activist John Stauber, co-author of the book Mad Cow U.S.A. "And from a public health and policy standpoint, it's insane."
The government has failed to stop the spread of CWD disease because there is no reliable way to test the live animals. Hence for the infected deer may be shipped into disease-free states, where they infect other animals, captive or wild. The Star’s investigation also found that some of the deer escape from the farms.
Although CWD's risk to humans is minimal, scientists say it's unwise to allow it to spread unchecked. No human being is found with the CWD disease but scientists and government health officials say the chances of it jumping the species barrier to humans, as they suspect mad cow did, increase as more deer are infected.
Study found at least 10,000
“Some deer farmers put ethics on line for profit”
By
Nilesh A. Vaghasiya
Business Ethics
Dallas Baptist University
In less than 40 years, a small group of farmers has built a billion dollar industry primary devoted to breeding the deer, which were kept in the fencing and were used for the hinting in order to make money. This is an industry that no one has seen in last four decades. An Indianapolis Star investigation has discovered the industry costs taxpayers millions of dollars, compromises long-standing wildlife laws, endangers wild deer and undermines the government's multibillion-dollar effort to protect livestock and the food supply.
In order to make more money, breeders are shipping an unprecedented number of deer and elk across state lines, along with the diseases they carry. Due to this Captive-deer facilities have spread tuberculosis to cattle and are suspected to spread some other deadly diseases among cattle. The Star’s investigation also found some strong evidences, which proves that captive deer have helped accelerate the spread of chronic wasting disease. CWD now has been found in many states.
"It's totally irresponsible," said food-safety activist John Stauber, co-author of the book Mad Cow U.S.A. "And from a public health and policy standpoint, it's insane."
The government has failed to stop the spread of CWD disease because there is no reliable way to test the live animals. Hence for the infected deer may be shipped into disease-free states, where they infect other animals, captive or wild. The Star’s investigation also found that some of the deer escape from the farms.
Although CWD's risk to humans is minimal, scientists say it's unwise to allow it to spread unchecked. No human being is found with the CWD disease but scientists and government health officials say the chances of it jumping the species barrier to humans, as they suspect mad cow did, increase as more deer are infected.
Study found at least 10,000