MO Deer Breeders Meet with State Reps to Ask for No More MDC RegulationAugust 20, 2013At the second of four meetings before a committee of state representatives, deer breeders again made the argument that they would be better off regulated by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and not the Missouri Department of Conservation.BUFFALO, Mo.—
Missouri lawmakers could change the way a growing livelihood is regulated and deer breeders are begging them to. Monday a committee of state representatives met for the second of four meetings with the deer breeding industry to discuss whether they're in the business of wild life or agriculture. Right now it's wildlife with the Missouri Department of Conservation at the helm, and the MDC and the breeders have been butting heads since 2010. It could take power away from the Missouri Department of Conservation and give it completely to the Missouri Department of Agriculture that already regulates disease in deer breeding and high fence hunting facilities. And the state ag director says that regulation has improved since CWD was found in a north Missouri captive herd in 2010. "We're working with the Department of Ag, meeting with them; we're going to do business and do it the proper way," Sam James concludes.
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