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TWRA Charges Hunter Under New CWD Law
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TScottW99
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TWRA Charges Hunter Under New CWD Law
TWRA Charges Hunter Under New CWD Law
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources has prosecuted its first case for a violation of an importation law that prohibits bringing cervid carcasses into Tennessee from states where local wildlife officials have concerns about chronic wasting disease.
A Maury County, Tenn. hunter charged in the case killed a mule deer in Nebraska, transported the carcass to Tennessee, and had the meat processed locally. He then took the head to a taxidermist to be mounted, according to the TWRA.
The law recently passed last year by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission—governing body of TWRA—prohibits the importation, transportation, or possession in Tennessee of a cervid carcass, or carcass part, from states where chronic wasting disease is known to have occurred.
However, there are exceptions to the law provided specific precautions are taken, according to the TWRA. Those exceptions are:
-Meat that has had all bones removed
-Meat that has no portion of the spinal column or head attached.
-Antlers attached to cleaned skull plates, or cleaned skulls (where no meat or tissues are attached to the skull.)
-Cleaned teeth.
-Finished taxidermy and antler products.
-Hides and or tanned parts
“This regulation was passed to help protect Tennessee’s deer herd from the possibility of chronic wasting disease, which can be devastating to deer populations,â€
_________________ "What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer
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