HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2007 (05) Resolution Urging a Ban
on the Artificial Feeding of Deer
RESOLUTION NO. 5 ((fl')
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, scientific testing has shown that artificially bringing deer into close
proximity with each other can cause a direct transmission of diseases such as tuberculosis
(TB); and
WHEREAS, recent scientific evidence has shown that chronic wasting disease (CWD)
can be transmitted from deer to deer by transmission in saliva; and
WHEREAS, tuberculosis and other diseases of this type can cross species lines and be
transmitted from deer to cattle and even to humans; and
WHEREAS, attracting deer from distances using the practice of artificial feeding near
roads leads to increased vehicular /deer accidents; and
WHEREAS, residents of St. Croix County have expressed concern that the artificial
feeding of deer may contribute to the spread of CWD and TB in the county and have
asked the State to consider banning the artificial feeding of deer in a effort to control the
spread of disease; and
WHEREAS, during the spring, 2006 Conservation Congress hearings, the majority of
the voters that attended the hearing in St. Croix County voted to support a ban on the
artificial feeding of deer; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Sportsman's Alliance, representing the constituency
of the other sporting groups throughout the County, unanimously supports a ban on the
artificial feeding of deer in St. Croix County and throughout Wisconsin.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors
supports a ban on the artificial feeding of deer in St Croix County and throughout
Wisconsin and appeals to the State Legislature to enact legislation that would ban the
artificial feeding of deer.
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution to be sent to the State
Senators and Assembly persons representing the County, the Secretary of the Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the Secretary of the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and to Governor Jim Doyle.
Page 2 - Resolution Urging a Ban on the Artificial Feeding of Deer
Offered by the Land and Water Conservation Committee on March 20, 2007.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
❑ ❑ ❑ Ronald Raymond
_ ❑ ❑ ❑ Lois Buri kd- "
M ❑ ❑ ❑ Gene Ruetz /�i tel
❑ 1X1 ❑ ❑ William Peavey ,rie4
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Norton- Bauman
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Ken Graf
This Resolution was adopted,ty the St. Croix County
Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on 3 ( 0- 7_ Board of Supervisors on IT 144-el A .)74 7
2(c.
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Campbell, County Clerk
• STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
1, Cindy Campbell, St. Croix
County Clerk, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing is a true an correpc co f
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adopted by the County Board of Supervisors
at their meeting held 1l Cl- g0, 1
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Cindy C a G re 1I,. St Croix County Clerk