FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 08, 2023Contact: Neal Patten, Public Information Officer, (608) 440-0294, neal.patten@wisconsin.gov Download PDF MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that an Oneida County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2023-11-01 Contact: Jess Carstens, DNR Area Wildlife SupervisorJess.Carstens@wisconsin.gov or 715-577-8829 BAITING AND FEEDING BANS RENEWED MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Trempealeau County. The deer was harvested in the town of Hale. This detection will cause Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2023-11-01 Contact: Michelle Carlisle, DNR Polk County Wildlife BiologistMichelle.Carlisle@wisconsin.gov or 715-554-1728 BAITING AND FEEDING BAN TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER, PUBLIC MEETING SET MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Polk County. The deer Read more
October 31, 2023 A 4-year-old doe that was reported to be in poor condition – skinny, drooling and showing no fear of people – in Klacking Township, Ogemaw County, recently tested positive for chronic wasting disease. It is the first CWD-positive wild deer from that county, a finding confirmed by Read more
Oct. 24, 2023 Media Contact: TPWD News, Business Hours, 512-389-8030 AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Medina County, marking the fifth detection since 2015 in a deer-breeding facility in the county. A one-year-old buck tested positive through an antemortem (live-animal) Read more
RALEIGH, NC (October 13, 2023) – The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) confirms a 3 1/2-year-old female white-tailed deer harvested in Johnston County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The deer was hunter-harvested during archery season and represents the first detection of the disease in Johnston County since the state’s first Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2023-10-11 Contact: Erin Larson, DNR Deer Herd Health SpecialistErin.Larson@wisconsin.gov or 608-516-2783 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was recently notified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) that a farm-raised deer on a deer farm in Outagamie County tested positive for chronic wasting disease Read more
Jackson – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 154 is in the Jackson Region and is bordered by three areas that Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 21, 2023Contact: Neal Patten, Public Information Officer, (608) 440-0294,neal.patten@wisconsin.gov Download a PDF of this release. MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Rock County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The result was confirmed by Read more
Sept. 13, 2023Media Contact: TPWD News, Business Hours, 512-389-8030 AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer-breeding facility in Kimble County, marking the second such detection in a deer-breeding facility located in the county. A six-year-old Read more