Villrein Hardangervidda Trailcam 2020 Episode II CWD.....Fotråte

I denne episoden skal jeg snakke om Fotråte og CWD på Hardangervidda, samt tiltak rundt Fotråte og CWD
In this video I will share thoughts and proposals how to deal with this newly occurred and very serious situation on the Hardangervidda plateau NORWAY the way I see it.
Espesially CWD and not to mentioned Foot Rot ,
You can live and deal with Foot Rot, but CWD is way more dangerous for the reindder herds, a total of 7000 heads, on the plateau, give or take as we speak.
One 8 year old reindeer bull was downed in Sept (2020) more or less in the same area my trail cams where situated.
Brain tissue and lymph nodes samples was examinded as it's mandatory. Theses samples are collected by hunters, from every downed reindeer, exept fawns. Unfortunantely CWD was found in the lymph nodes on the 8 year old bull.
Approx 1200 heads where harvested this fall and one bull had CWD, as allready mentioned.

[@waikarimoana]

Awesome footage and great video, thumbs up and greetings from New Zealand.

[@Kjell_H]

Waikarimoana Thank you for dropping by and for your comment. Highly appreciated Glad you liked my video. Say hello to the rest of the team from me. All good here. Stay safe.

[@gordonfjeld2335]

Informativt og bra innslag, Kjell!

[@Kjell_H]

Hei Gordon. Supert at du synes videoen var severdig og for ditt synspunkt.

[@GausenTV]

Nok en flott video Kjell. Helt enig med deg i det du sier også.

[@Kjell_H]

Gausen TV Supert at du synes videoen var severdig. Er viltkameraene som har gjort jobben her da :-) Mange meninger om hvordan man skal håndtere CWD på Hardangervidda, men åpenhet er et stikkord. Videre så må man involvere berørte parter mye mer enn hva som var tilfelle i Nordfjella. Det siste nye nå er at man mener det er en bakteriell infeksjon kalt Spiroplasma som forårsaker CWD og at de feilfoldede proteinene er et biprodukt av Spiroplasma infeksjonen, enkelt forklart. Om det er slik, kan man utvikle vaksine, som håndterer dette. Om det er slik, kan det også forklare hvorfor man nå plutselige har fått CWD på vidda. Man vet at CWD smitter bla ved direkte kontakt mellom dyra, men man har ikke kunnet påvise eller bevise utveksling av villrein mellom Nordfjella og Hardangervidda. Den infiserte bukken på vidda var også nylig infisert, som du sikkert vet. Ang Spiroplasma teorien, så har ikke Vetrinærinstituttet "vurdert" denne tilnærmingen, virker det som. Spennende er det uansett, men som nevnt i videoen, er jeg ikke veldig optimistisk mht villreinen sin framtid på Hardangervidda desverre.

[@gunnarhansli9540]

Liker filmene og kommentarene dine Kjell!

[@Kjell_H]

Gunnar H Først takker jeg for at du tok en tur innom kanalen min. Supert at du synes videoene mine er severdig. Kommer en om ikke alt for lenge om Bukkejakt. Tror den blir bra. Du får følge med utover:-) Så ønsker jeg deg fortsatt god jul og et riktig godt nytt år.

[@williecosgrove]

havent a clue whats going on LOL LOL

[@Kjell_H]

Williecosgrove I'll try to explain......this fall a reindeer bull was harvested on the plateau (among 1200 others) Unfortunantely the 8 year old bull had CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) It was downed more or less in the same area where I hunt reindeer, and have my trailcams. CWD will have catastrophic impact on the herds (approx 7000 heads) espesially if the authorities don't do anything about it. CWD was first discovered in Nordfjella management area in 2016. There the whole population was taken out (2000 heads) It's a discution going on now how to manage the herds on the plateau. Well......I am not optimistic on behalf of the reindeer, to put it that way. I have pretty "big ears" and what I hear is not good news. Then it was an outburst of foot rot on the plateau in 2019 The outburst killed nearly 800 reindeer. Mostly fawns, so it dosen't look good. You can handle foot rot, but CWD is a quite different ball game. Something has to be done immediately. Espesially how to handle the very serious CWD disease. Norway has an International commitment to take care of the last remains of free rangeing reindeer in europe, so therefore the newly discovered CWD on the Hardangervidda plateau will have catastrophic impact on the herds, as allready mentioned, and needs to be solved, otherwise we will not have reindeer left to harvest within 50 years from now on.

[@williecosgrove]

@@Kjell_H Thanks very much for the reply my friend. All these new diseases and viruses are killing the world as We know it. I hope that ye can come up with a solution to the problem. Thanks. Willie.