Sharpshooters prepare to cull Rocky’s elk herd (Colorado Springs Gazette) ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. - Sharpshooters will start killing elk in the next few weeks to thin the herd in Rocky Mountain National Park. [News Source]

Remember the last time we had a deficit? (The North Bay Nugget) The last time the federal government went into the red, the Macarena was all the rage, unleaded gasoline was 66.8 cents a litre and Patrick [...] [News Source]

Sharpshooters prepare to cull Colorado park’s elk herd (The Vail Trail) Overgrazing by elk has nearly wiped out Rocky Mountain National Park's aspens and willows [News Source]

Sharpshooters prepare to cull Colorado park’s elk herd (Vail Daily) Overgrazing by elk has nearly wiped out Rocky Mountain National Park's aspens and willows [News Source]

Canadian cattle producers see renewed opportunity in Asia (National Post) The odour of tripe cooking in the markets of Kowloon is enough to turn the stomach of long-time cattleman Brad Wildeman, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association [News Source]

Acquittals in CJD trial divide French scientists. Three French judges acquitted six doctors and pharmacists of charges of involuntary homicide and aggravated fraud after a stunningly prolonged investigation centering on the distribution of human growth hormone contaminated with deadly prions in the 1980s. [News Source]

Engineered animals. A drug for treating a rare blood disorder that is produced in the milk of a genetically engineered goat is on the verge of approval in the U.S. If the drug gets the green light, it could set the stage for the approval of other GE animals, regardless of their intended use. [News Source]

Sharpshooters Prepare To Cull Park’s Elk Herd (CBS4 Denver) Sharpshooters will start killing elk in the next few weeks to thin the herd in Rocky Mountain National Park. [News Source]

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Salmon industry hits new depths (Sunday Herald) The latest sinister chapter in the sordid history of Scotland’s great salmon farming disaster finds an old enemy back to haunt fish farmers in the form of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA). [News Source]