LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) Consumers are being warned not to eat some elk meat sold at a recent farmers’ market in Longmont. State and Boulder County health officers issued a recall Wednesday for elk meat sold Dec. 13 at a farmers’ market at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. The meat comes from Read more
Preliminary test results indicate the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent was present in five hunter-harvested deer collected in Hampshire County during the 2008 deer firearms hunting season. “As part of our agency’s ongoing and intensive CWD monitoring effort, samples were collected from 1,355 hunter-harvested deer brought to game checking stations Read more
MADISON — A white-tailed deer on a Jefferson County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Thursday, Dec. 18. The animal was a 7-year-old buck owned by Steve Hookstead, Read more
Feeding wild deer could further spread of CWD SPRINGFIELD- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is reminding Illinois residents and visitors to refrain from feeding wild deer and other wildlife in areas where wild deer are present. A ban on feeding wild deer was enacted in 2002 as part Read more
SPOONER – With over 8,400 samples collected a health check sampling of white-tail deer that focused on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Bovine TB in the DNR’s 18 county Northern Region has been completed. To obtain a statistically valid sample a total of 8,000 deer, about 500 per county, were Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: Three approximately 60-second sound bites from Tom Hauge, DNR chief of wildlife management, on the 10-yea. CWD management plan, are available on the DNR Web site: CWD Management Plan available [MP3: 652Kb] CWD threatens Wisconsin’s hunting tradition [MP3: 832Kb] Citizen help needed to limit spread of CWD [MP3: Read more
The Department has established a Mandatory Sampling Area for Chronic Wasting Disease in southwestern Frederick County. This area is west of Route 600, north of Paddy’s Cove Lane and Vance’s Cove Lane, and south of Fall Run Lane and Heishman Lane (see map). Mandatory sampling of hunter-harvested deer will take Read more
Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens will check hunters entering San Bernardino County to prevent the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This checkpoint, which will be held at an agricultural inspection station, is a continuation of DFG’s extensive educational outreach program and will be conducted Oct. 20 and Read more
Cheyenne— A three-year-old female moose has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in western Wyoming. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose that affects the brain, causing weight loss, abnormal behavior, and, eventually, death. There is no evidence that CWD has any human-health implications. “This finding Read more
Waterbury, VT – Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt deer or elk need to keep in mind the regulation designed to protect Vermont’s wild deer from chronic wasting disease, according to a reminder from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a disease of the brain Read more