Early results from fall testing show no sign of CWD in Montana’s deer and elk herds. “Though there is no sign of the disease in the state’s wild, free-ranging herds, the disease has turned up nearby in Utah, South Dakota, Wyoming and Saskatchewan and Alberta,” said Montana Fish, Wildlife & Read more
State wildlife officials are urging Montanans who will hunt big game in other states to take precautions to minimize the risk of bringing back animals with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “While the chance is remote, our request is part of an ongoing effort to protect Montana’s wild elk and deer Read more
GREEN RIVER (AP) – An expert on chronic wasting disease hopes to study 20 deer fawns from several Western states this fall. Elizabeth Williams, with the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, has outlined plans to study 10 mule deer fawns and 10 white-tailed deer fawns in Wyoming, the Casper Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Experts in chronic wasting disease told members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that states are digging deep into their own pockets because the federal government is not spending enough to monitor and research the illness. They told members of a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee Read more
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will hold meetings statewide to gather public comments on management options to consider if chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is detected in Montana’s free ranging deer and elk populations. Wildlife managers and others hope the meetings will also help Montanans become more aware of the Read more
A leading researcher into wasting diseases such as mad cow says scientists may have long been looking at the wrong culprit HAMILTON – Bruce Chesebro is waiting for his monkeys to get chronic wasting disease. A few months ago, Chesebro and other researchers at Rocky Mountain Laboratories here injected a Read more
HELENA — None of the more than 1,000 samples of deer and elk tissue so far tested this fall for the deadly chronic wasting disease came back positive, wildlife officials say. Hunters submitted some 1,600 samples of deer and elk tissue this past hunting season, said Ron Aasheim of the Read more
Early results from a portion of the 1,055 wild deer and elk submitted for chronic wasting disease testing this hunting season show that none of the animals were infected by the fatal ailment, state wildlife officials said today. The tissue-samples from deer and elk harvested by hunters this season, or Read more
MILES CITY – Wildlife officials have asked state hunters to help find chronic wasting disease in southeastern Montana deer. Hunters should leave the heads of their kills in drop barrels located across the region. One or two vertebrae should be left at the base of the head for a more Read more
State wildlife officials are urging Montanans who will hunt big game in other states to take precautions to minimize the risk of bringing back animals with chronic wasting disease. “While the chance is remote, our request is part of an ongoing effort to protect Montana’s wild elk and deer populations Read more