Nothing like discussions when there is little or no information available on the subject, the "high fence" ranch in this case. I am not concerned about fences causing cwd nor did I intend to imply they do. It is only the very high risk of cwd transmition among the contained population that concerns me. I am doubly concerned about the risk of escape of infected animals. In the wild transmittion of cwd will still occur but at a much lower rate than in captivity. If an infected population escapes then there is an unnatural concentration of cwd released in an area. That is the primary risk, an unnatural concentration of cwd in a wild population. That is unacceptable to me.
A 10 acre or 10,000 acre high fence ranch is still a high fence ranch. I choose not to hunt high fence and choose not to support high fence hunting for
native species. I believe the only place non-native species should be is behind high fences.
