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Okay, here is another article from the Capital Times. It appears that he finally allowed them to shoot the deer even though a price had not yet been determined.

The vast majority of white-tailed deer killed on a Portage County farm earlier this year tested positive for chronic wasting disease.


The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection reported in a written statement Friday that 60 of the 76 deer tested positive for the disease. The deer were killed on Jan. 17 by shooters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The department had an agreement with the owner of the farm, Stan Hall.

The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory screened tissue samples, and the results were confirmed by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, the department reported.

Hall's farm, known as Buckhorn Flats, is the site of most of the discovered cases of the disease in Wisconsin. The results bring to 82 the number of animals that tested positive for the disease on Hall's property.

Hall had fought the state's efforts to slay the herd since 2002, when the deer were diagnosed, but ultimately came to an agreement with the government.

Chronic wasting disease has also been found in 12 white-tailed deer and one elk on six other Wisconsin farms.

Hall also operated a hunting preserve on the property until last year. Four deer, two does and two fawns, killed in the old preserve were also tested, but the disease was not found in those animals.

Hall will receive state and federal payments for the 76 deer killed in the breeding pens, the department reported. The amount of compensation has not yet been determined.

Buckhorn Flats was the site of the first reported case of the disease among Wisconsin's farm-raised deer. It was found in a buck shot by a hunter in September 2002.

When the weather is warmer, the farm will be cleaned and disinfected, the department reported. Fences will keep wild deer from entering the farm.