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Farmers: Closing elk hunting would put farms, drivers at risk

  April 2, 2015
A proposal by the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to close the elk hunting season in 31 counties west of the Blue Ridge is cause for concern among farmers.


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Animals and Livestock, Legislative Issues, Wildlife
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Black vultures prey on farmers’ minds, herds

  May 3, 2013
The number of federally-protected black vultures in Virginia has grown over the past 30 years, and the birds have become a nuisance for many farmers, preying on live calves, lambs, piglets and other vulnerable animals.


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Legislative Issues, Livestock, Wildlife
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Southwest Virginia farmers fighting elk hunting restrictions

  April 25, 2013
Heated debates over reintroducing elk to Southwest Virginia have resumed in four localities this spring, prompted by a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries proposal to prohibit any hunting of elk in Lee, Russell, Scott and Tazewell counties.


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Legislative Issues, Wildlife
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