South Dakota

PIERRE – With the majority of deer and elk samples from this past fall now tested and returned, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks reports that six more deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Of the 1,938 deer and elk sampled for CWD in the past Read more…

PIERRE – South Dakota’s Department of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) has collected 1900 elk and deer tissue samples this fall and winter in their ongoing testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). All samples are from the Black Hills and southwestern part of the state, except for 137 white-tailed deer Read more…

Asked to help with the testing for chronic wasting disease, South Dakota big-game hunters have responded in unprecedented fashion, submitting 1,869 deer and elk heads to wildlife officials this fall and winter. Toss in 31 road kills from Rapid City, and that’s 1,900 specimens – more than the total sample Read more…

PIERRE – The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has reported that a positive test result for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a disease that affects deer and elk, has been received for a Black Hills deer. The positive test was returned on a 2-1/2 year old whitetail buck deer that Read more…

HOT SPRINGS — Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in an elk in Wind Cave National Park, superintendent Linda L. Stoll announced Monday. Park staff recently discovered a 5-year-old elk exhibiting symptoms of the contagious brain disease. The elk was killed and brain tissue samples were analyzed at the Read more…

Sioux Falls is creating space in its landfill for deer and elk carcasses a week after a federal agency ruling that prevents rendering companies from collecting the remains. “Four thousand carcasses are waiting to be disposed of,” Lyle Johnson, the city’s public works director, informed City Council members Monday. Last Read more…