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Elk in the cross hairs as disease persists near Yellowstone
Billings Montana- Outfitters and hunters oppose the prospect of killing elk, fearing that too much culling could shrink herds and suggest vaccinating cattle or eradicating the disease in bison.
There is no effective brucellosis vaccine for wildlife, and cattle vaccines are only 60 to 70 percent effective.
Humans are susceptible to the disease, but cases are rare and usually limited to those who work with infected cattle.
An estimated 95,000 elk populate the greater Yellowstone area. The Yellowstone region’s elk herds out number the herds of bison.
A prospect to reach a regional brucellosis plan may be uncertain since differenct states of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana have to deal with there own issues that pertain to both wildlife, region and predator issues.
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