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# Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Ky. Court: Deer, Elk Import Ban Unconstitutional
Posted by DDH Staff

Source: stltoday.com

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled Friday the state's law banning the importation of deer and elk to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in local herds was unconstitutionally vague.

A three-judge panel ruled Friday that Kentucky's law did not clearly define what it means to "import" animals into the state. At issue was the case of a Tennessee man arrested in 2007 on charges of illegally importing elk and deer into Kentucky from Missouri.

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