Broomfield School District measles outbreak continues to spread
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported last week that three measles cases had been identified in the Broomfield School District. On Friday, March 6, the agency stated in a press release that four more individuals in the Denver area have been diagnosed. Two of the individuals are residents of Adams County, while one is a resident of Weld County, and all four are unvaccinated and connected to the Broomfield school district. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website has a list of locations where the public may have been exposed to the disease, and more information about symptoms, transmission, and vaccine recommendations.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approves petition to restrict hunting of furbearers
As we reported last week, changes to the hunting and trapping of furbearing animals on Colorado’s public lands became the subject of a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting. The commission voted 6-4 last week to advance a petition to ban commercial fur sales and place limits on harvesting furbearers. The Colorado Sun spoke to attendees, who referred to the meeting as “embarrassing” and “out of control,” with some struggling to understand what exactly the commission was voting on. Animal rights activists are celebrating the ban, while critics claim that the decision was based on faulty science. Now that the petition has passed, CPW staff will draft rules along with regulations outlining proposed exceptions to the ban…