Missouri Supreme Court Rules All Deer Are Wildlife
Pen raised deer likes these, with unnaturally large antlers, are for sale to be shot for tens-of-thousands of dollars. Photo by Brandon Butler
It took five years and millions of dollars to settle an argument that should have never happened. But the buck has stopped at the Missouri Supreme Court, who on July 3 unanimously ruled that all deer are wildlife.
How did we get to a point where such an argument had to be made? The "Captive Cervid Industry" has found ways to pervert our American heritage of hunting by confining wild animals and genetically altering them to grow unnaturally large antlers in fenced-enclosures where a paying customer can pick out the...
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Explore the Outdoors: St. Louis
September 6th
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Mayor Karen Best of Branson has been very active with the Mayor's Monarch Pledge. A new monarch butterfly garden was recently dedicated in Branson. Dolly Parton's Stampede is a show in Branson that reaches about a quarter of a million people each year.
With a flower mural of a butterfly adorning the front lawn of Dolly Parton's Stampede and a 1974 hit song and album declaring "Love is Like a Butterfly," Stampede owner Dolly Parton said she's proud to support the conservation effort.
"I'm so proud we support this conservation effort for a beautiful creature that holds a special meaning to me," Parton stated in a news release.
