Republicans defend suspending CWD regulations
MADISON, Wis. – Republicans on the Legislature’s rules committee are defending their call for a vote to scrap Gov. Scott Walker’s new chronic wasting disease regulations.
Walker ordered the Department of Natural Resources to require deer farm fence upgrades within a year and ban deer carcass movement out of CWD-affected counties. The rules went into effect Monday.
Sen. Steve Nass, co-chairman of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, has called for a vote Monday to suspend the regulations.
Nass began a public hearing preceding the vote by saying hunters aren’t aware of the regulations and DNR should hold off until the gubernatorial election is settled in November.
Sen. Devin LeMahieu said he’s worried the movement ban will lead to hunters leaving dead deer in the woods, making them look like slobs and helping the disease spread.
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