In out-of-state news:
Minnesota’s deer farmers are locking antlers with the state over some new chronic wasting disease rules they say are putting their livelihoods on the endangered list. With a total ban on new deer farms and a bunch of tight new regs for the old ones, these folks argue they’re being fenced out of their chosen careers—and they’ve taken their case all the way to the Eighth Circuit. One judge compared it to regulating ranchers, another said yeah, you can choose your job, but not if it’s a biological time bomb.
On the flip side, the state is basically like, “We’re not banning your dreams, we’re just trying to stop zombie deer disease (CWD) from turning the woods into a wildlife apocalypse.” With CWD traced back to high-fence farms, the new law aims to protect the wild herd. So the big legal question is can the government tell you to shut down if your business poses a public health risk—or is that crossing the constitutional line in the sand (or deer trail)?
Read the full story here via OutdoorLife.
