CWD in Wisconsin

Rw is a good guy. His views are different but I respect him. No need to degrade him. 

Robert, I can tell your older.  Lol.   Noone said the dnr wants cwd. They do receive money for it though.  Never let a crisis go to waste.   In my opinion, it's a waste of money.  It's been here forever.  It's not going away.  The deer population has always been good and healthy until the dnr gave out too many tags and encouraged hunters to kill everything.  Cwd doesn't put a dent in the deer heard and doesn't have a detrimental effect.  

Perhaps this why some are so very defensive of this cash cow.  Could it be???  Hmmmmmm

Without cwd, 100's, maybe 1000's, maybe more would lose their high paying jobs.  Pretty easy to figure out why they keep it at the top of the list.  Same could be said for nearly all gov. agencies.

TURN THE PAGE, my heavens. 

The underlying argument is that in some way the DNR actually wants CWD here, and the money being spent on it is somehow proof of that?

LOL

Seems a simple "opps I was wrong" would have been a more appropriate response.

And to all those states without CWD.....boy are they sure missing out on a funding opportunity!  What are they thinking not trying to allow CWD into their borders???  LOL.

Your post just shows that CWD is costing hunters and tax payers money!

I'll say it again, claiming the DNR is somehow happy that CWD exists in WI is absurd.

If you think there's nothing other than a small pittance of Pittman Robertson funds going into CWD research you've got your head buried in the sand.
https://www.nrahlf.org/articles/2023/1/federal-funding-approved-to-battle-chronic-wasting-disease/

https://www.channel3000.com/news/wisconsin-democrats-introduce-slate-of-bills-to-fund-cwd-testing-deer-carcass-disposal-sites/article_cd35b3a6-8893-11ee-b3a9-d7249899b0b2.html

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/cwd/downloads/CWD-Coop-Agreements-Spending-Plan.pdf

https://www.wpr.org/animals/us-house-passes-bill-15m-cwd-research-testing-states

https://www.trcp.org/2022/03/14/funding-will-go-cwd-containment-congress-agrees-spending/

Just a few compiled in a 3 minute Goggle search. Could have spend all day providing links. 100's of examples in just one search

the people who support all this cwd nonsense and deer culling / eradication which is happening all over the country and in Rheinlander WI 2023 are the types who refuse to question anything, they normally put there hands over there ears and say lalalala im not listening, your dumb  lalalala   when facts are presented ... just saying 

my only question is this has been discovered 50 years ago,, how long has it been around before that?  could it be natures way of keeping populations in check for ever?  it may have been around forever

Fishin.....Yes, the DNR receives money from the feds (PR funding).

Our opinions differ, however in that I believe DNR would receive these funds regardless of CWD.  DNR chooses where to spend that money, and is wisely focusing some of it on CWD research.
Making claims that DNR somehow wants, or likes, or desires CWD in WI simply because of the money is absurd.  And I know you did not make that claim. :)

RW, 
It brings me a lot of joy knowing that we agree that the DNR gets government funding for CWD. One point I would like you to consider is that the bigger of an issue the DNR makes about CWD the more funding Washington will send. So, it's not the residents that gets the money its DNR. I'm not advocating that the DNR should ignore the issue. 

"You don't think that the government provides funding for CWD research?"
 
Certainly the DNR is researching the effects of CWD, they would be foolish not to.
 
Here’s a link to wildlife research projects: Wildlife research | | Wisconsin DNR

Some CWD focused projects for sure, among others.  All seem to be funded by PR dollars, CWD or not.  I wonder if those deer projects are some special “CWD only” PR funds?   Doubtful.  Having CWD present or not, WI would receive similar allotments in PR and would just spend it elsewhere if CWD was nonexistent.  Wouldn't that be nice.

Additional costs associated with CWD: sampling and disposal. Sampling is voluntary by hunters and could be viewed as a service the DNR is expected by hunters to provide.  Same with disposal costs. Carcass movement, processing and disposal | | Wisconsin DNR
 
CWD is not a money maker for this state, rather a drain from funds that could go elsewhere.  DNR doesn’t have the luxury to ignore this.  

DNR likes CWD because "they get money for it"…..LOL!

Forgive Bob, he's a little slow.

Some are screaming that it's the end of the world. CWD has been around for 50 some years.