Cattle farmer has long list of questions about elk plan

by TERESA MULLINS • Staff Writer
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Mike Yates, shown here with some of his cattle on Lower Georges Fork, has raised the livestock most of his life. Yates is strongly opposed to a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' proposal to transplant 200 elk over a three-year period into Dickenson, Buchanan and Wise counties. He fears the elk will cause damage to his fences and property and spread disease to local cattle.


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