In a four-page letter sent to Daniel Yoder, World Class Whitetails owner, the state said the remaining deer at the facility had to be killed because they had been exposed to the disease. The letter said Yoder also violated a quarantine at another Holmes County deer facility, Honey Run Farm, by adding new deer to his herd. Additionally, the state said Yoder chronically violated record-keeping requirements by not reporting when he added deer to his captive herds. There are more than 500 deer farms in Ohio, which largely supply animals for high-priced hunts on enclosed properties that often tout large antlered deer. Yoder could not be reached for comment Monday, and the website for World Class Whitetails was no longer in operation.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:52:28 +0000
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