The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a set of rules on Wednesday that are intended to eradicate Chronic Wasting Disease and control its spread in Wisconsin’s white-tailed deer herd. The rules establish a new intensive harvest and herd reduction zone, set seasons and regulations for these zones, provide guidelines for Read more
Chronic wasting disease was not detected in almost 6,000 test samples taken from hunter-killed deer in Missouri last fall, officials announced today. The brain-wasting disease is similar to mad cow disease and has posed major problems for several states where it has been found in deer and elk, both free Read more
MADISON – Dashing hopes that some Wisconsin deer may harbor genetic resistance to chronic wasting disease, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests that virtually all deer are prone to the fatal disease. The new study, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Disease, underscores the seriousness Read more
MADISON – Dashing hopes that some Wisconsin deer may harbor genetic resistance to chronic wasting disease, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests that virtually all deer are prone to the fatal disease. The new study, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Disease, underscores the seriousness Read more
A permanent ban on baiting and feeding deer was approved by the state Natural Resources Board Wednesday along with several other measures designed to halt the spread of chronic wasting disease through Wisconsin’s deer herd. The controversial proposal drew hundreds of people to the board meeting and prompted comments from Read more
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin wildlife officials recapped their fight against chronic wasting disease before a panel of national deer experts Monday, telling them that killing all the deer near Mount Horeb could wipe out the disease in less than a decade. The experts’ visit comes after Department of Natural Resources Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Seven additional cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in wild deer tested during follow-up sampling conducted in the northern Illinois counties where the wildlife disease was first confirmed last fall, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today. Five of the seven new CWD-positive deer Read more
Madison – Wildlife experts have found early evidence that female white-tailed deer may migrate much farther than previously believed, a Wisconsin researcher said Monday. The preliminary finding from a radio collar surveillance program in southwestern Wisconsin could have important implications for the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state. Read more
WASHINGTON — The federal government is pitching in $4 million to help key states in their efforts to combat chronic wasting disease. State officials and researchers in Montana and Wyoming say the money will enhance efforts to monitor and manage deer and elk with the neurological disease. The disease can Read more
Conservation Organizations Request Congressional Support for CWD Last week, 24 of the country’s leading conservation organizations sent a letter to the Senate’s “Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations” urging that the FY 2004 federal budget include the necessary funding to fully implement the National Plan to Assist States, Federal Read more