The Colorado Agriculture Commission on Tuesday reluctantly approved strict new regulations on the elk-ranching industry designed to prevent another outbreak of chronic wasting disease. Commission members said they agreed with most of the new regulations that were spelled out in a memorandum of agreement between the state wildlife and agriculture Read more
DOW prepared to test more deer and elk for CWD in 2003. More than 26,000 deer and elk were tested for chronic wasting disease CWD) in Colorado last year in the largest, most intensive wildlife surveillance effort ever conducted in the state. Division of Wildlife (DOW) employees, aided by volunteers Read more
Mountain and foothills residents who feed deer and elk actually may be killing them. State wildlife officials warn that crowding animals together around troughs or feeding stations may be a good way to spread chronic wasting disease, a neurological disorder that eats holes in the brains of elk and deer. Read more
SURVEILLANCE OF WILD ANIMALS Ongoing surveillance conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicates that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found primarily in wild deer and elk herds in northeastern Colorado. The status of the disease outside of the northeastern “established” area remains unclear and will be further evaluated following Read more
The Colorado Division of Wildlife knowingly used a herd of captive elk exposed to chronic wasting disease in a grazing study on the Western Slope in January 1990, possibly introducing the disease to the elk-rich area. “It was a bad call,” said Jeff Ver Steeg, the division’s top game manager. Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE1 SURVEILLANCE OF WILD ANIMALS Ongoing surveillance conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicates that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found primarily in wild deer and elk herds in northeastern Colorado. The status of the disease outside of the northeastern “established” area remains unclear and will Read more
Here are the most recent chronic wasting disease-positive animals found outside of the established area for chronic wasting disease. Four more elk and three deer from outside of the established area for chronic wasting disease have tested positive in the last month. The positive animals were: – Two cow elk Read more
Three more elk harvested by hunters outside the established area for chronic wasting disease have tested positive. Chronic wasting disease has been detected in three more elk harvested by hunters outside the established area. Two of the positive elk were cows. One was taken Nov. 9 in game management unit Read more
Seven mule deer and five elk harvested by hunters outside the established area have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The Division of Wildlife (DOW) announced today that seven mule deer and five elk harvested by hunters outside the established area have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). One Read more
SURVEILLANCE OF WILD ANIMALS Ongoing surveillance conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicates that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found primarily in wild deer and elk herds in northeastern Colorado. The status of the disease outside of the northeastern “established” area remains unclear and will be further evaluated following Read more