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Montana Senate tells Wyoming to stop feeding elk

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Senate has voted to tell Wyoming and federal wildlife officials to stop feeding elk outside Yellowstone National Park. The resolution passed 50-0 Friday over concerns the feeding grounds increase the transmission of diseases that can be spread north into Montana. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wyoming wildlife officials provide hay and alfalfa during the winter at nearly two dozen feeding sites, including the National Elk Refuge. Wyoming provides the supplemental feeding to keep elk from eating hay on private land and to keep the population high for hunting. Democratic Sen.

 

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