Due to the regular amending of regulations in Nova Scotia, it is recommended that before hunting you check these CWD regulations, as well as those of any other states or provinces in which you will be hunting or traveling through while transporting cervid carcasses. The contact information for Nova Scotia can be seen below:
Last update was October 2021
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[accordion tag=h3][accordion-item title="Agency & Contacts" id=Agency-Contacts]Wildlife Division, Department of Natural Resources, 136 Exibition St, Kentville Nova Scotia B4N 4E5 Peter MacDonald 902-679-6140[/accordion-item][accordion-item title="Standard Regulations" id=Standard-Regulations]No importation of live cervids allowed. Farming of cervid animals is regulated under the Wildlife Act. See https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/WIdeerf.htm[/accordion-item][accordion-item title="CWD Regulations for Captive Cervids and Wildlife"]No regulations in place specific to CWD[/accordion-item][accordion-item title="New CWD Regulations in Development"]No[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Testing Program For Captive Cervids"]Any suspicious illnesses or mortalities would be tested for CWD. Nothing to date.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Testing Program For Wildlife"]Would be conducted through the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre at University of Prince Edward Island.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Baiting Banned?"]No[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Feeding Banned?"]No[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Ban On Movement of Animal Parts?"]No person shall, while in a wildlife habitat, possess or use a product that contains or purports to contain any body part of a member of the deer family, including urine, blood, or other fluids.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Found in Captive Cervids?"]No[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Found In Free Ranging Cervids?"]No[/accordion-item] [/accordion]