Action: It is illegal to import deer or elk carcasses or body parts into Washington if the animals were harvested in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska or Saskatchewan (Canada) except for: meat that has been de-boned in the state or province where it was harvested; Read more
Thanks to a federal grant and the cooperation of hunters, landowners, and deer processors, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources recently completed the most in-depth surveillance effort for Chronic Wasting Disease in South Carolina with no evidence of the disease detected. Sampling was conducted in all South Carolina counties and Read more
Renews Call For an End to Game Farms in Canada OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is renewing its call to have the game farming industry in Canada decommissioned with compensation paid to farmers. This comes in response to an expert panel report on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Read more
Chronic Wasting Disease in Canadian Wildlife: An Expert Opinion on the Epidemiology and Risks to Wild Deer is now available on the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre website. This document represents a summary of discussion, conclusions, and recommendations of an Expert Scientific Panel convened to: provide a synopsis of chronic Read more
MADISON — Deer hunters who hunt over bait and people who just enjoy feeding deer may not use automatic feeders to feed or bait white-tailed deer in Wisconsin, according to state wildlife officials who have been receiving inquires about the devices as deer hunting seasons approach. The use of automatic Read more
Scientists are reporting that, for the first time, they have made an artificial prion, or misfolded protein, that can, by itself, produce a deadly infectious disease in mice and may help explain the roots of mad cow disease. The findings, being reported today in the journal Science, are strong evidence Read more
Study supports idea prions can infect brains Researchers say they finally have proof of a controversial theory on the cause of a fatal family of brain disorders that includes mad cow and chronic wasting disease. They did so by creating the first synthetic prions, infectious agents devoid of any genetic Read more
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is pushing for federal assistance to be given to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior for the surveillance, management, research, and eradication of Chronic Wasting Disease. In letters to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture and Interior, Feingold called on appropriators to fund state wildlife Read more
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is warning people not to play good Samaritan by picking up what they believe to be orphaned deer or elk calves from the wild. In most cases, say the state’s wildlife experts, the wild animals are not truly orphaned, and removing them from the Read more
Hunters can help protect Arizona’s deer and elk The Arizona Game and Fish Department needs 1,600 deer and elk heads to test for the possible presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Please bring the head of your recently harvested deer or elk to any department office between the hours of Read more