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O.F.A.H. Response to E.B.R. Registry #010-7726

E.B.R. Registry # 010-7726: Proposed amendment to prohibit possession of certain parts of moose and caribou killed in other jurisdictions into Ontario. [ E.B.R. Posting ]

The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.), its 100,000 members, subscribers and supporters, and 660 member clubs, are extremely concerned about the ongoing spread of chronic wasting disease (C.W.D.) continentally (now present in 15 U.S. states as well as Alberta and Saskatchewan). The overwhelming burden of evidence points to deer farming and the legal and illegal movement of captive deer as the primary source of C.W.D. spread within and across borders.

As such, the O.F.A.H. has consistently advocated for greater federal-provincial regulation and phasing out of the deer farming industry, and provincially for a seamless firewall to prevent the emergence of C.W.D. into Ontario (especially from its most likely source -- deer farms). Clearly, based on the experience of jurisdictions where C.W.D. has been found, control is extremely expensive and largely ineffective; Ontario needs to redouble its efforts to address all significant possible sources of C.W.D. spread and emergence with the view of prevention.

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