The spread of lethal chronic-wasting disease to a third species of wildlife in Canada has scientists calling for a wide-ranging inquiry into elk- and deer-farming industry. The highly contagious so-called mad-elk disease was found last week in a white-tailed deer on an Alberta game farm. Over the past two years, Read more
The spread of lethal chronic-wasting disease to a third species of wildlife in Canada has scientists calling for a wide-ranging inquiry into elk- and deer-farming industry. The highly contagious so-called mad-elk disease was found last week in a white-tailed deer on an Alberta game farm. Over the past two years, Read more
Handling heads is not how most people make their living. But, for local Wildlife Technician Dwight Dobson, it’s just another day at the office. He is part of a province wide effort to control Chronic Wasting Disease. To help facilitate that, the Department of Environment is requesting that all hunters 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
With wildlife managers throughout North America concerned about chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Pennsylvania Game Commission, in cooperation with the state Agriculture Department, is putting in place a massive monitoring effort to ensure that the disease is not present in the Commonwealth’s wild deer and elk. “Currently, there are no Read more
A deer harvested in Deer Hunt Area 78, on the western slope of the Snowy Range, south of Saratoga and one harvested in Deer Hunt Area 82 on the western slope of the Sierra Madres tested positive for chronic wasting disease. “The deer were harvested outside the area where CWD Read more
This could be one of the more important deer hunting seasons in Indiana’s history. The Department of Natural Resources and the Board of Animal Health are looking for something it doesn’t want to find — chronic wasting disease in wild deer herds. Wisconsin found the incurable and deadly disease in Read more
Next month, technicians at the state’s Department of Agriculture lab outside Columbus will analyze tissue slices from the brains of 500 white-tailed deer killed by Ohio hunters in early December. Using high-powered microscopes and special stains, they’ll try to locate tiny, spongelike holes in the tissue — indications that an Read more
Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer hunt opens Saturday under a cloud of uncertainty. The discovery of chronic wasting disease in 40 wild whitetail deer in south-central Wisconsin, and in captive deer on two game farms, has inalterably changed a tradition that lies at the heart of the state’s culture and identity. Read more
A Hunt Like No Other On the eve of the most important deer hunt in Wisconsin history, 88% of state residents surveyed who held deer hunting licenses last year are planning to head back into the woods this year, according to a Journal Sentinel poll. The poll suggests that, despite Read more