The state Court of Appeals in Nashville yesterday upheld Tennessee’s ban on private ownership of white-tailed deer, ruling that the state regulation protects native animals. The case was before the court for the third time in a long-running dispute over a 1991 statute that says only zoos, temporary exhibitors and Read more
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation today announced that it has received the remainder of test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) that were part of intensive sampling efforts in central New York. DEC has received two positive results for the disease out of 292 wild deer sampled. Read more
CWD UPDATE 58 May 3, 2005 A correction to the report from South Dakota in the last update. I had previously reported two whitetails and one mule deer positive from Wind Cave National Park. That should have been one whitetail and two mule deer. Additionally, South Dakota reports two new Read more
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced it has implemented emergency regulations regarding the handling, transport and management of deer in the State. The emergency regulations are effective immediately and represent an aggressive response to the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild Read more
Preliminary Positive Result Found During DEC Monitoring Efforts The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced it has received a preliminary positive result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer sampled in Oneida County. If confirmed, this will be the first known occurrence of CWD Read more
Sampling in Oneida County To Date Shows No Signs of CWD in Wild Herd The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the initial round of sampling results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Oneida County wild deer has shown no signs of the disease to Read more
HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease, a form of “mad cow” disease which affects deer and elk, has been found in New York State , but there are no signs of the fatal condition in Pennsylvania as yet, state game commission officials recently announced. Game Commission executive director Vern Ross said Read more
TRENTON — Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell today announced that the recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer from captive herds in New York does not pose an immediate threat to the deer herd in New Jersey. To date, there is no evidence that Read more
No evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in Massachusetts deer based on data gathered during the 2004 hunting season. MassWildlife Deer Biologist Bill Woytek recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer brain samples taken during last fall’s hunting season Read more
Watkinsville, Ga. – In response to the recent discovery of two white-tailed deer from separate captive herds in Oneida County, N.Y., that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) commends the New York Department of Environmental Control (DEC) and New York Department of Agriculture Read more