Wildlife welfare: Wyoming seeks public input on elk feedground management

<p>Ailments like brucellosis and chronic wasting disease have become well-known in hunting circles over the past few decades. Both are known to infect elk and be spread by close contact between infected animals. </p> <p>That’s why it seems ill-advised that Wyoming operates winter feedgrounds for elk. Spread across the western third of the state, the sites congregate elk allowing brucellosis and CWD to spread. Right now. </p> <p>The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is taking public comments on its newly unveiled feedground management plan.</p> <p>To learn more about the issue, we’re talking with Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>