GRNC Alert 9-27-15: “Deer Smugglers” on Run – Keep Pressure On

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Suggested Subject: “NO DEER IMPORTATION FOR NC”    

Members of the North Carolina House:

Thank you for stripping the deer farming provision from Section 14 of Senate Bill 513. Unfortunately, the “deer smugglers” – some or all of whom may have known deer were being illegally smuggled into North Carolina in violation of the federal Lacey Act – have reportedly vowed to try to amend the bill on it Third Reading to return the measure. I expect you to oppose such efforts by all means procedural and substantive.

Everything about the deer farming scheme currently stripped from Section 14 of agriculture bill SB 513 is dirty. First, the bill’s sponsors claimed it was supported by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) when, in fact, legislative counsel has determined that the NCWRC never took a vote on the measure.

Now it comes out that NCWRC Chief Deputy Director Mallory G. Martin admitted in a telephone conversation with Randall Raney that NCWRC knew deer were being smuggled into the Cherokee Indian Reservation in violation of the Lacey Act. Would you like to see the letter from Raney describing how Martin admitted the knowledge? Go to: http://grnc.org/documents/Raney-Letter-1-signed.pdf.

Section 14 would resume the issuance of permits to import “captive cervids” stopped in 2004 to prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) to indigenous deer. This “Mad Cow”-like prion disease can’t be reliably diagnosed, can’t be cured, might not manifest symptoms for up to 15 years, and can spread through the soil for decades. CWD now afflicts 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

In 2011, a NCWRC report estimated that introduction of CWD into the state would cause a 10% drop in hunting, potentially costing North Carolina tens of millions of dollars in hunting permits and ancillary expenditures.

So why would anyone want to create that danger? Money. “Canned” hunting, in fenced pens, of deer with huge, genetically engineered racks currently commands $14,000 and up at the Cherokee Whitetail Hunting Preserve, the “menu” for which you can see at: http://grnc.org/images/Cherokee-Whitetail-Hunting-Preserve-Menu.jpg. 

Would you like to see what grotesquely engineered “trophy racks” look like? Check this website:

http://www.applecreekgenetics.com/bucks.php?navMark=bucks

All this to benefit a few wealthy deer farmers who, frankly, are already up to their necks in what is, by all appearances, an illegal deer smuggling scheme sanctioned at the highest levels of state government.

I strongly urge you to oppose any effort to return the importation of deer into SB 513 by all means procedural as well as substantive. I will be monitoring your actions through Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.

Respectfully,

Lies Told by Moms Demanding Action

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