Livestock Board

The bill is in response to an outbreak last summer in Elk Mountain that impacted a handful of cattle herds. Some argue codifying the state’s recently adopted response protocol would add teeth, while others say it’s unnecessary.

The state’s response to an anthrax outbreak in 2024 is being dictated by a new protocol. Some ranchers called for a legislative response, which was uncertain initially.

When ranchers move cattle across state lines, they must show documentation that their herd has been screened by a veterinarian for potential disease. By the end of the year, the Wyoming Livestock Board will no longer provide paper digital certificates of veterinary inspection, though ones that were previously printed will still be accepted.

The Wyoming Livestock Board says these are the first confirmed cases of anthrax in Wyoming cattle since the 1970s. Game and Fish says the last confirmed case in wildlife occurred in 1956 in Sublette County.

The Wyoming Livestock Board will help investigate horse hair thefts in four counties around the state.Almost a hundred horses have been robbed of their…