Wyoming CWD Regulations

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) has jurisdiction over import and possession of cervids. WGFD contact: Mary Wood: mary.wood@wyo.gov

1) Certificate of veterinary inspection
2) negative brucellosis test withn 30 days,
3) negative TB test within 90 days,
4) statement that no animal on the premise of origin is known to be infected with or to be exposed to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis,
5) 60 day quarantine prior to entry with 2 negative baermann tests for Elaphostrongylinae parasites and 2 negative fecal sedimentations for large american liver flukes
6) 180 day quarantine post entry with negative baermann fecals for Elaphostrongylinae parasites every 30 days
7) must originate from herds CWD free for at least 5 years
8) free of ticks, mites, and lice
9) all elk must be genetically tested for hybridization and test as pure rocky mountain elk.
10) WGFD import permit.

No imports of cervids unless they come from monitored herds free of CWD for at least 5 years.

New CWD management plan adopted in April, 2016.

Captive cervids are not allowed; single exemption allowed; single exempted ranch not in CWD endemic area and has opted not to import any cervid.

Preliminary research based surveillence from 1982-1996. Agency hunter-harvested, targeted, and road-kill surveillance in deer, elk, and moose since 1997. Testing done by WGFD Wildlife Health Laboratory. Over 53,000 samples tested by 2016. Testing is voluntary and free if samples taken by WGFD personnel.

The department may issue baiting permits to landowners for specific sites on private land where conditions exist which are limiting the ability to take big game animals for the purpose of addressing damage to private property, human safety, disease issues, or population management.

No ban at this time.

Importation into Wyoming of any deer, elk, or moose taken from any state, province, or country within areas designated as positive for CWD is restricted—such animal carcasses may only be transported into Wyoming to a private residence for processing, to a taxidermist, to a processor, or to a CWD sample collection site in Wyoming provided the head and all portions of the spinal column are disposed of in an approved landfill. Within Wyoming, transport of deer, elk, or moose taken or possessed from any hunt area in Wyoming to another hunt area within Wyoming or any other state, province or country is restricted—such animal carcasses may only be transported in Wyoming to a camp, a private residence for processing, to a taxidermist, to a processor, or to a CWD sample collection site in Wyoming provided the head and all portions of the spinal column remain at the site of the kill or are disposed of in any approved landfill in Wyoming.

No

Yes - white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and moose