Oregon Considered

2/21/2007 - Idaho Game Farms Find Themselves In The Cross-hairs

February 21, 2007

0221_gamefarm.jpgIdaho is in the throes of a heated debate over ranches that offer big game hunting within a fenced enclosure.

An effort to ban these so-called "canned hunts" could have major consequences for another burgeoning industry as well.

As correspondent Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports, all game farms that raise elk in captivity now find themselves in the crosshairs of an emotional battle.

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