1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: Col's we Can Review with Ryan col Callahan. Now here's 3 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: cal Why is your Labrador retriever so fat? I ask 4 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: with Snort laying here at my feet. Snort's been real, 5 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: real lazy. Not by her choice this week, just been busy. Anyway. 6 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: You may have asked yourself time or two and you 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: see a labrador that resembles a potato walking down the street, 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: an overstuffed sausage as I call them sometimes gotsagees. Is 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: it the fact that that owner needs to be committed 10 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: to more walks, fewer table scraps, more time at the 11 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: dog park. Probably you should do all of those things. 12 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: But a new study has found something all dogs and 13 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: dog owners want to hear. It may not be your fault. 14 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: The study, published in the journal Science Advances, found that 15 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: about twenty five percent of all Labrador retriever dogs are 16 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: hardwired to be fat. These unfortunate canons have a genetic 17 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: mutation that makes them hungrier between meals and gives them 18 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: a slower metabolism. They don't need as many calories as 19 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 2: other dogs, but they tend to overheat because they appear 20 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 2: to be hungrier if they haven't eaten in a while. 21 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 2: To give the minds of our favorite furry friends, researchers 22 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: fed eighty seven adult pet labradors a standard breakfast, Then 23 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: three hours later, they were given a plastic box with 24 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: the sausage inside. The dogs could smell and see the sausage, 25 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: but couldn't get it. The researchers found that dogs with 26 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: the mutation tried significantly harder to get the sausage from 27 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: the box than dogs without it, which they said indicated 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: greater hunger. The dogs were then allowed to sleep in 29 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: a special chamber that measured the gases they breathed out, 30 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: which is funny. This revealed the dogs with the mutation 31 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: burn around twenty five percent fewer calories than the other 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: dogs in the study. What should you do if you 33 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: suspect your lab is destined to be pudgy? Exercise is 34 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: always good, and you need to be especially careful about 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: monitoring your dog's food intake. Researchers suggests spreading out a 36 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 2: dog's meals throughout the day using puzzle feeders, or hiding 37 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: food throughout the yard or house. Opinions vary, but most 38 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: sources suggest feeding a seventy five pound dog about fourteen 39 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: hundred calories per day, depending on the dog food you use. 40 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: That's usually only three eight ounce cups. Three eight ounce 41 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: cups for a seventy five pound potato sausage dog no offense. 42 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 2: Start this week Colorado Commission Meeting, legislation, rare critters, and 43 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: so much more. But first I'm going to tell you 44 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: about my week, and my week was great. Got to 45 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: work alongside Danielle Pruitt who puts the pro and prew 46 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: it and the kitchen. We prepped a nose to tail 47 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: bison dinner. Big thank you to Matt and Northbridger Bison 48 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: for supplying the bison, and we cooked up a great 49 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 2: multi course game dinner for the big winners from the 50 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: last round of the Auction House of Oddities supporting public 51 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: land through the Meat Eater Land Access Initiative. And it's 52 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: good timing that we had a great time at that 53 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: dinner and everybody loved it, because we are going to 54 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: be launching the Auction House of Oddities again very soon. 55 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: Like at the end of the month. We have a 56 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: West Texas ad Dad Hunt, a one of a kind 57 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: fur lined FHF chest rig Pelts handmade oars created by 58 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 2: Pat Dirkin, a custom Wyoming Cowboys weather be Mark five, 59 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: a pack Lama trip into Wyoming's Big Horn Range, plus 60 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: some gear just for you super super serious meat eater 61 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: trivia fans. More to come on that, but the important 62 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 2: thing to know is proceeds are going to the Corner 63 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: Crossing Defense Fund. If we, and I do mean all 64 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: of us win this one, we are solidifying the fact 65 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 2: that access to our public lands is all right, and 66 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: access is synonymous with American freedom. Okay, if you like freedom, 67 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 2: you like Corner Crossing. Now in super depressing news, the 68 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 2: tag draw season is here. And if you are a 69 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: cluster like I am, and you have to scramble like 70 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: a first year accountant under an audit from the IRS, 71 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 2: sweating and stressing, just to apply to all these states 72 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: and try to get your hat in the rings so 73 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: you can draw something cool, then you may want to 74 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 2: take a look at Worldwide Trophy Adventures Tags, which is 75 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: a service that takes care of this for you. Now, 76 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 2: I'll be honest, I've been doing this a few seasons now. 77 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: I still don't draw anything, but I have friends that 78 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: have been using this service for years, and they draw 79 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 2: and their kids draw stuff all the time, so I 80 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 2: know it works. And even though I don't draw, at 81 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: least I know that it was just my bad luck 82 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 2: and not any of my other bad habits that didn't 83 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 2: put a tag in my pocket. New Mexico, Montana and 84 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: Colorado non resident application deadlines are looming New Mexico at first, Montana, 85 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 2: second Colorado. I could just say in that order, but 86 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 2: I got to hammer this home. If you don't weigh in, 87 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: you don't wrestle, Okay, So if you want some help 88 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 2: get your your poop in a pile, check out Worldwide 89 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 2: Trophy Adventures. Tags just an option where you can, you know, 90 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: make yourself spreadsheet and do the things and calendars and 91 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: all of that. Anyway, moving on to the commercial wildlife desk, 92 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: longtime listeners will remember all the way back to episode 93 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: one two when we did a segment on Utah based 94 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 2: dog food company Raw Wild. Raw Wild sells dog food 95 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 2: made with wild elk and venison harvested by hunters. It 96 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 2: is normally against the law to sell wild animal meat, 97 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: but Utah had a provision that allowed the sale of 98 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: quote inedible byproducts of wild game. This loophole allowed Raw 99 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 2: Wild to purchase the scraps from game processors, grind them 100 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 2: up and sell them as dog food. But not everyone 101 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: was comfortable with the state of affairs. After our segment 102 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 2: aired and Jordan Siller's published an article on the meaeater 103 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: dot com, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources quietly changed 104 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: their policy to close that loophole. The new regulation only 105 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 2: allows the sale of antlers, heads, hides, and horns of 106 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 2: big game animals, which is similar to what most other 107 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 2: states allow. However, and here's where things get interesting, Raw 108 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 2: Wild was still allowed to operate. We spoke with Wyatt Bubbuck, 109 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: a law enforcement chief with the Utah Department of Natural Resources. 110 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: He admitted that raw Wild was breaking the state's new policy, 111 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: but they were holding off on enforcing it because the 112 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 2: owners of the company were pushing a bill through the 113 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: state legislature. This bill, which passed the House and Senate 114 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 2: on unanimous votes, carves out an exception for Raw Wild. 115 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 2: It creates a new category of items called a big 116 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 2: game by product, and allows the sale of these products 117 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 2: under certain conditions. A licensed game processor must obtain a 118 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: permit to sell these byproducts, but it can only obtain 119 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: a permit if it has processed eight hundred big game 120 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 2: animals in three out of the five consecutive calendar years 121 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 2: preceding application. Bubbuck told me that this essentially cuts out 122 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,679 Speaker 2: all big game processors in the state except the one 123 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: or two of the very largest. One of those processors 124 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: is an outfit called Meyer's Game Processing, which, as it 125 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: turns out, is where raw Wild purchases their scraps. If 126 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: you're like me, this all sounds, as the kids say 127 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: these days, shady af but Bubik said his department supports 128 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 2: this policy for several reasons. First, it puts constraints on 129 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: the game processors to ensure their adhering to safety protocols 130 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 2: that limit the spread of diseases like CWD. They're not 131 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 2: allowed to include the brain or spine tissue in the 132 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 2: dog food, and they're required to test all animals from 133 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 2: states that have CWD or units in Utah where CWD 134 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: is present. The game processors also have to post signage 135 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: stating that they sell scraps two third parties, so hunters 136 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: can avoid processors that participate in the system if they 137 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: so choose. In addition, the processor must keep a record 138 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: of the weight of the animal when it came in 139 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: and the weight of the meat returned to the hunter. 140 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 2: The legislation also defines exactly what a big game byproduct is, 141 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 2: which wasn't the case with the old inedible byproduct definition. 142 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 2: I won't bore you with the full list, but it 143 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: includes things like fat tendons and ligaments, the rib and 144 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 2: neck meat on deer, pronghorn, and cheap the legs below 145 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 2: the knee, and internal organs. In several states, neck meat 146 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 2: is not something that you are legally required to remove 147 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 2: from the field, as in, you can just waste it. 148 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 2: That's some of the best meat on these animals, full 149 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 2: of collagen, gets that greasy, good for you kind of sliminess. 150 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 2: It is fantastic. Is just a flat out crime that 151 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 2: states don't require hunters to take that out of the 152 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: field anyway. Bubick says he appreciates raw wild working with 153 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 2: the DWR to craft this policy, and he says it's 154 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: about as restrictive as it can be without outright banning 155 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 2: the sale of meat scraps, which, as raw Wilde told 156 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 2: Jordan for this article, would just end up in the 157 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: garbage if they weren't allowed to sell them as dog food. 158 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: If you still aren't getting the warm and fuzzies. Thinking 159 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: about this situation, I get it. One of you wrote 160 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 2: in to point out that the owner of Raw Wild 161 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: is a powerful Salt Lake City attorney named Scott Sabee. 162 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: This listener sent a photo of Sabee posing with the 163 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 2: late US Supreme Court Justice Sandrady O'Connor as evidence for 164 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: Sabe's connections. The fact that he was able to push 165 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: a bill through the legislature so quickly is zero opposition 166 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 2: is a testament to his power in the state. And 167 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 2: it's never a good idea to craft wildlife policy based 168 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: on political power. As of this recording, this bill has 169 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 2: yet to be signed by Utah Governor Spencer Cox. If 170 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 2: you want to a in the Governor's office is where 171 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 2: you got to go. Eight oh one five three eight 172 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: one zero zero zero. If you want like a little 173 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: color commentary on this gang, I hate food waste. Hate 174 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 2: food waste drives me crazy. I would love to see 175 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 2: a zero waste program for just about everything. When it 176 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 2: comes to our wildlife, you just can't be too careful, 177 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: so it's a double edged sword. I would love to 178 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 2: see all parts of the animals utilized. This is where 179 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 2: like regulation comes in, right, Like there's got to be oversight, 180 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 2: so as this business grows, or if this business grows, 181 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: you aren't seeing good edible meat literally getting tossed to 182 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 2: the dogs. Moving on to the legislation legislation. Legislative sessions 183 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: will wrap up in most states over the next few weeks, 184 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 2: so if you've been meaning to contact your representatives about 185 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 2: a bill or policy, now's the time. And as a reminder, 186 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 2: if you want information about any of these bills we've 187 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: covered here at Cal's Week in Review, you can find 188 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 2: a full list at the meeater dot com forward slash. 189 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 2: Cal listener Colleen Foreignbacher sent me a note about a 190 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 2: bill in Minnesota that would help more kids get outdoors. 191 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 2: The bill HF three three two one would create an 192 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 2: Outdoor School for All Grant program. This program would send 193 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 2: grants to learning centers that provide outdoor education to fourth 194 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 2: through eighth grade students. Colleen is the executive director of 195 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 2: one of these schools called Egle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. 196 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 2: They host students and families for day and overnight trips 197 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 2: that teach them about ecology, conservation, and wildlife. The US 198 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: part students get to learn about these things in hands 199 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 2: on in the field experiences. As Colleen says, this legislation 200 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 2: would help ensure the next generation has an appreciation for 201 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: the natural world. Even if they don't grow up to 202 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 2: be hunters and anglers, they'll be more likely to support 203 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: all the ways we work to conserve habitat and wildlife, 204 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 2: including hunting. That bill number again is Minnesota House File 205 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:29,239 Speaker 2: three three two one. Missouri. Maybe jumping on a bandwagon 206 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: we've seen rolling along in other states. This year. Senate 207 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 2: Bill nine to eighty one would limit the definition of 208 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 2: waters of the state to give state regulators less control 209 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 2: over large aquifers and small streams. The Missouri Department of 210 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 2: Natural Resources warned in a fiscal analysis that the bill 211 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: could jeopardize the state's groundwater, which provides drinking water to 212 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 2: almost sixty percent of Missourians. It could also reduce protections 213 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 2: for over one hundred and thirty six thousand miles of 214 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 2: small streams as in other states. The sponsor of this 215 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 2: bill said he was motive by a recent Supreme Court 216 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: decision that limited the Environmental Protection Agency's authority over wetlands. 217 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 2: Black's legislation would similarly limit the types of waters Missouri 218 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 2: can regulate. Thanks to Ben Hathaway for sending us that story. 219 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: If you're a Missouri waterfowler, you better pay attention to 220 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 2: that one, or you know, just somebody who likes to 221 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 2: drink water from the tap. Listener, Sean Buckett sent me 222 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: a bill out of Tennessee that would prohibit residents from hunting, trapping, snaring, 223 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 2: or possessing sand hill cranes. The bill is being opposed 224 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 2: by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation for the simple fact that 225 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 2: the eastern population of Greater sand Hill cranes is large, healthy, 226 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 2: and can sustain regular hunting. The crane hunt, which was 227 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 2: established in the volunteer state in twenty thirteen, benefits local economies, 228 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 2: addresses crop damage, and increases conservation funding. If you want 229 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 2: to weigh in, contact your state reps and tell them 230 00:13:54,000 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 2: what you think about SB one eight sixty seven. A 231 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 2: New York state legislator has introduced a bill supposedly designed 232 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 2: to protect wolves that wander into the Empire State. The 233 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 2: bill would require all coyotes killed by hunters to be 234 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 2: checked and tagged, and coyotes weighing over fifty pounds would 235 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 2: need a DNA test to confirm that they are not wolves. 236 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 2: If a test comes back positive, the Department of Environmental 237 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: Conservation would declare a moratorium on coyote hunting in that 238 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 2: area of the state for as long as the Department 239 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: determines it is necessary to protect the wolves in the area. 240 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: For a little context, there have only been eleven wolves 241 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 2: killed south of the Saint Lawrence River since nineteen ninety three. 242 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 2: That includes New York along with Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, 243 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 2: and Quebec. And that's not coming from a coyote hunting group. 244 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: That comes from a twenty twenty three press release from 245 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 2: the Center for Biological Diversity, hardly an ally of coyote hunters. 246 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: To weigh in, contact your state legislators about s seven 247 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: nine two seven and A seven nine two seven and BA. 248 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: Thanks to Rob Senz and New York Bow Hunters for 249 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 2: making us aware of that legislation. The Kansas legislature is 250 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 2: considering an important bill sponsored by Pheasants Forever that would 251 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 2: create a conservation fund to protect good habitat and healthy 252 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 2: soil in the state. Thirty five of fifty states already 253 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 2: have some form of sustainable funding in place for conservation investments, 254 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: but Kansas does not. These conservation programs do things like 255 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: compensate landowners for habitat protection, which is especially important in 256 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 2: largely private land states like Kansas. This new proposal would 257 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: create these funding streams without increasing taxes for Kansas residents. Instead, 258 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: it would reallocate existing funding sources toward natural resources. The 259 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 2: bill number is HB two five four one, and it's 260 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: been assigned to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. 261 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 2: In Washington, DC, US Senators Tommy Tuberville, Katie Britt, and 262 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 2: Ted Kruz have introduced legislation that would crack down on 263 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 2: red snapper poachers. The Illegal Red Snapper Enforcement Act would 264 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 2: require federal regulatory and law enforcement agencies to develop a 265 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 2: standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of red 266 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: snapper imported into the United States. The legislation would develop 267 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 2: a field test kit the Coastguard could use to accurately 268 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 2: ascertain whether fish were caught in Mexico or US waters. 269 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: This would theoretically allow federal and state law enforcement officers 270 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: to identify the origin of the fish and confiscate illegally 271 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 2: caught red snapper before it is imported back into the US. 272 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 2: All of these senators are from the Gulf Coast states, 273 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 2: and they say this bill will help protect legal American 274 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: fishermen from being undermined by poachers who steal fish from 275 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 2: American waters, smuggle them across the US Mexico border, and 276 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 2: then sell them in the US. One last thing for you, 277 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 2: if you were paying attention to Senate Bill three in Kentucky, 278 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 2: that Senate Bill three smoked it through the Senate. It's 279 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 2: in the house right now, ah boy, take action in Kentucky. 280 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 2: Quick recap. Basically, the Agriculture Department is trying to take 281 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 2: the Fishing Game Department over. We want. If you're listening 282 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 2: to this, I assume you want science backed natural resource 283 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 2: management and a darn sugar should be bipartisan. So what 284 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 2: you can do is go to the Kentucky Backhuntry, Hunters 285 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 2: and Anglers page and take action. You can find them 286 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 2: all across social media. You can also find your representative 287 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 2: in the Kentucky House just by simply googling it and 288 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 2: tell them your thoughts on Senate Bill III. It's a 289 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 2: good homework for you right there, all right. Moving on 290 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 2: to the hog desk, It's always big game season. If 291 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 2: you live in a state with faral hogs, but not 292 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 2: everyone agrees on the best method of controlling this invasive species. 293 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 2: Texas recently announced it would allow a warfare and based 294 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 2: poison to be used to control the state's pig population. 295 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 2: This product, called Caput faral hog bait, kill hogs by 296 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 2: thinning the blood and causing massive internal bleeding. It's the 297 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 2: same poison used in some rodenticides, but at a lower dose. 298 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 2: Ifput feral hogbait sounds familiar, that's because it had already 299 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 2: been approved for use in Texas all the way back 300 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen, but Kaput pulled its product a few 301 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 2: months before it was officially released because they feared lawsuits. 302 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 2: The Texas House also approved a bill stating all potentially 303 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 2: lethal pesticides must be subject to state or university research 304 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 2: prior to approval, so further research was conducted and now 305 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 2: Texas agg Commissioner Sid Miller said he fully supports its use, quote, 306 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: it'll eradicate them. If you have hogs on your property 307 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 2: that are devastating your crops in your field, you can 308 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 2: put this bait out and eliminate the problem. But not 309 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 2: everyone is convinced. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural 310 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 2: Resources released a lengthy statement explaining why they won't be 311 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 2: Approvingkaput's feral hog bait anytime soon. They say that the 312 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 2: data isn't sufficient to demonstrate the efficacy of the Specifically, 313 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 2: they worry that the toxicity isn't high enough for hogs 314 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 2: to ingest a lethal dose, and that pigs have to 315 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 2: eat the bait several times over the course of a 316 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 2: few days for it to be effective. They believe a 317 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 2: poison made with sodium nitrate is a far better solution 318 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 2: because it kills quickly and does not impact wildlife down 319 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 2: the food chain. That poison is still several years away 320 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 2: from being adopted, but they say that taking the extra 321 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 2: time to get it right is worth it. Texans who 322 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 2: want to use Kaput to control their hog population won't 323 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 2: be able to get it at their local feed store. 324 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 2: Land owners and managers will need to first get a 325 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 2: license from the Department of Agriculture. It is also a 326 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 2: violation of federal law to use the product in a 327 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: way inconsistent with its labeling, so users will have to 328 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 2: be careful to use the product properly. We're going to 329 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 2: have to really circle back and figure out what happened 330 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 2: to the best poison name ever, hog Gone, out of Australia, 331 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 2: which I thought was in testing in Texas. We'll get 332 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: back to you on hog Gone if that's going to 333 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 2: be an option in the future too. Moving on to 334 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 2: the rare animal's desk, an Austrian chef caused a minor 335 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: culinary catastrophe earlier this month when he mistakenly used a 336 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 2: near extinct species on a cooking show. The show whose 337 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 2: German name I will not attempt to pronounce, aired a 338 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 2: segment encouraging viewers to fry up a kind of carp 339 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 2: for Lent. Lent For all you heathens out there is 340 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 2: a period of time on the Christian Church calendar in 341 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: which red meat is prohibited while fish meat is allowed. 342 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: There's fasting. You can also, you know, instead of giving 343 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 2: things up abstaining from things, you can also do some 344 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 2: things during the Lenten period. For the chef, what he 345 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 2: was doing was unfortunately kind of carp called a frowner 346 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 2: flying fish. Say that five times? Say that fine type. 347 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 2: I can't say it, can't say it, Go ahead, try it. 348 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 2: Frowner the flying fish A'll wait, say it five times? 349 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 2: Fast also known as a female nerf flank or a pigo. 350 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 2: This species of karp has been red listed in Austria 351 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 2: since two thousand and two and harvest has been prohibited 352 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 2: since the late nineties. When asked how he could have 353 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 2: made such an embarrassing mistake, the chef did the ol 354 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 2: that's not my fish. I have no idea where that 355 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 2: fish came from routine. He said he'd asked a friend 356 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 2: for a fish to use on the show. He had 357 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 2: no idea. It was nearly extinct. Ouch. If there's a 358 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 2: silver lining here, it's that the dish looked pretty darn 359 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 2: good fish fritters and a rue based potato salad on 360 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 2: the side. If you're going to kill and eat an 361 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 2: endangered fish, you might as well make sure it's a 362 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: good meal. The recipe can still be accessed online, but 363 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 2: it specifies that the fish u should be quote from 364 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 2: a fisherman you trust, as opposed to you know, some 365 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 2: guy gave me a fish. Speaking of endangered animals making 366 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 2: a nuisance of themselves, the famous fountains at the Bellaggio 367 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 2: Hotel in Las Vegas were turned off last week to 368 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 2: protect a rare bird that landed in the pool. The 369 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 2: bird in question was a yellow billed loon, largest subspecies 370 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: of loon and an extremely rare bird to see south 371 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 2: of the Canadian border. The autoboun Society reports that there 372 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 2: are under ten thousand individuals left on Earth, and half 373 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 2: of those can be found in Alaska. They winter in 374 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: southern Alaska and coastal British Columbia, but migrate to breed 375 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: in the high Arctic tundra lakes. It's safe to say 376 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 2: that this particular bird was not where it should be, 377 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 2: though there have been individuals seen on reservoirs in lakes 378 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 2: as far east as Illinois and Arkansas and as far 379 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 2: south as Arizona and Texas. The Nevada Department of Wildlife 380 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 2: reports that they were able to safely capture and relocate 381 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 2: the loon to a more suitable and remote location where 382 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 2: it has space, food, and quiet surroundings. Doesn't that sound nice? Hey, 383 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 2: before we sign off, tons of stuff happening right now. 384 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 2: I know we didn't get to all of it as 385 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 2: per usual. That's a theme that you should be picking 386 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: up on. But if something here reminded you of something 387 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 2: at home, that's because there's something happening at home that 388 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: affects you. All the things that we talk about. Right, 389 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 2: if you aren't at the table, you're on the menu, 390 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: you know, sayings like that. You got to pay attention. 391 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 2: You got a wig in and thank you so much 392 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 2: for writing in to ask c Al that's Askcal at 393 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: themeaeater dot com. One last plug for you. Okay, volunteer 394 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 2: hour super important. If you want to hang out with 395 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 2: some super cool folks, get some volunteer time in and 396 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 2: learn about what it takes to plant sagebrush and bitter 397 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 2: brush in critical mule deer habitat. Be on the lookout 398 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 2: for brush. Four bucks. That is our annual one hundred 399 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 2: and fifty person exclusive get together to replant critical mule 400 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 2: deer habitat the fellas at Hushan, who are awesome. We'll 401 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 2: be able to fill you in on all the details 402 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 2: to go check those folks out. Yeah, so I will 403 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 2: see you down there. Probably bring snort with me too. 404 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 2: That's all I got for you this week. Thank you 405 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 2: so much for listening, and remember to write into as 406 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 2: K c A l. That's Ascal at the meeater dot 407 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 2: com and let me know what's going on in your 408 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,959 Speaker 2: neck of the woods. Thank you so much for listening. 409 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 2: I'll talk to you next week.