HB700
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Amend KRS 150.740 and 257.550 to prohibit the export of a cervid carcass or wild cervid outside of a chronic wasting disease surveillance zone; prohibit the export of a captive cervid outside of a 10-mile radius of a chronic wasting disease positive captive cervid facility; establish exemptions to the movement of cervid parts; allow breeding of captive cervids inside the facility in which the cervid is housed; require that the chronic wasting disease surveillance zone remain disease free for a period of five years; exempt prior chronic wasting disease positive detections from restrictions.
Introduced: February 19, 2025
Last action: March 6, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill updates Kentucky law to restrict the movement of deer, elk, and related animals (cervids) in areas where chronic wasting disease has been detected. It would prohibit moving cervid carcasses or live captive cervids out of designated disease surveillance zones, with certain exceptions, and requires a zone to be disease-free for five years before restrictions are lifted. The goal is to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease among Kentucky's cervid populations. Who it may affect: deer hunters, captive cervid farmers and breeders, and wildlife managers across Kentucky.
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