The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has scheduled a Chronic Wasting Disease checkpoint in Lassen County for Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. DFG is trying to prevent chronic wasting disease from entering California and the purpose of the checkpoint is to educate the public, Read more
The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has confirmed that two legally harvested bull moose from northern Colorado have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). A moose killed in game management unit (GMU) 7, a few miles southeast of Glendevey, was the second CWD-positive moose diagnosed in Colorado in 2006. Read more
PIERRE, S.D.–Some hunters who drew West River deer hunting licenses will play a special role in the state’s effort to track chronic wasting disease. West River deer season surveillance units for CWD have been established in Units 21A, 21B, 27A and 27B, located in Fall River and Custer counties and Read more
SALEM – Hunters are reminded that it is illegal to bring deer, elk or moose parts containing central nervous system tissue into Oregon from any state or province with a documented case of Chronic Wasting Disease. In recent weeks, several hunters have been cited for not following the ban. Though Read more
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has begun its active surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The Department has been sampling wild and captive deer for CWD since 2002. However, in 2005, the discovery of CWD in deer from Hampshire County, West Virginia, approximately 10 miles from Read more
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has begun its active surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The Department has been sampling wild and captive deer for CWD since 2002. However, in 2005, the discovery of CWD in deer from Hampshire County, West Virginia, approximately 10 miles from Read more
Montanans who plan to travel out-of-state or to Canada to hunt deer, elk and moose, should know that it is now illegal to import heads and spinal cords from harvested game animals from a state known to have CWD in wild animals. Hunters can only bring back to Montana: meat Read more
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2006–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting comments on three petitions requesting that APHIS reconsider provisions and delay a recent final rule establishing a herd certification program and interstate movement restrictions for cervids to control the spread of chronic wasting disease Read more
The final rule on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program and Interstate Movement of Farmed or Captive Deer, Elk, and Moose was published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on July 21, 2006 (SCWDS BRIEFS, Vol. 22, No. Read more
RAPID CITY, S.D.—As hunters gear up for the start of the Black Hills deer season, they are reminded of their role in the state’s on-going effort to test for chronic wasting disease. “Testing really picks up with the start of deer season,” said S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department Big Read more