Officials urge controlled hunt in parks. Key Democratic lawmakers are pushing legislation to allow hunting to cull elk herds and control a deadly animal disease inside national parks visited by millions of tourists a year. [News Source]

S. Korea ready to tackle OIE’s U.S. beef risk status report, official says. South Korea is ready to tackle renewed beef market liberalization pressure after the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announces U.S. mad cow disease risk levels in May, a senior official said Wednesday. [News Source]

House curbs wildlife bill before passing it. The House of Delegates set limits on a proposed ban on baiting or feeding wildlife where the state Division of Natural Resources fears a possible disease outbreak. [News Source]

Panel recommends favorable BSE rating for U.S., Canada (Agriculture Online) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- A panel for the World Organization for Animal Health has recommended to its 167 member countries that the U.S. and Canada be given a favorable rating on "mad cow" disease safety, a designation both countries want to spur beef and cattle trade, according to U.S. and Canadian officials. [News Source]

Ninth case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA n The United States says it will dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada's latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]

9th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (AG Weekly) OTTAWA (AP) — The United States said Thursday it would dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada’s latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]

Ninth case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA n The United States says it will dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada's latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]

9th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (AG Weekly) OTTAWA (AP) — The United States said Thursday it would dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada’s latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]

Ninth case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA n The United States says it will dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada's latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]

Contract expiration closes WSU mad cow testing lab (Washington State University Daily Evergreen) The only facility of its kind in the region is closing after a USDA shift away from testing. [News Source]