SANTA FE, N.M. – The director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish modified a complete ban against importing elk and other cervids into the state, the agency announced Friday. Dr. Bruce Thompson made the modification of the importation ban following a review of the status of chronic Read more
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Two more deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in New Mexico, Kerry Mower announced today at the New Mexico Wildlife Federation annual meeting in Las Cruces. Mower is the wildlife disease specialist for the Department of Game and Fish. “These two positives were from Read more
Three more New Mexico mule deer have tested positive for deadly chronic wasting disease. State Game and Fish Department officials said today that all three infected deer were from the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, the site where the only other state deer to test positive for Read more
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in three more mule deer from White Sands Missile Range, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish announced Tuesday, Feb. 4. Presence of the disease, which is always fatal to deer or elk, was confirmed by Colorado Read more
A year and a half after chronic wasting disease was found in a White Sands deer, a state wildlife disease specialist says he is feeling more at ease about the safety of New Mexico game animals. Kerry Mower said that’s because 18 months of testing have revealed only six cases Read more
SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico wildlife managers are using a new method of testing for chronic wasting disease that allows them to gather samples without killing the animals. The recent discovery at Colorado State University that the disease can be detected in the animals’ lymph nodes led to the Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. – The Department of Game and Fish has found no Chronic Wasting Disease in the 178 deer and elk tested so far this fall. Testing will continue through the remaining deer seasons, which conclude in January. The only location in New Mexico known to have CWD is Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. – A mule deer collected from the White Sands Missile Range has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease and the director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish declared an Animal Health Emergency Tuesday, closing the state to any importation of deer or elk. Director Read more