The Tennessee Wildlife Resources has prosecuted its first case for a violation of an importation law that prohibits bringing cervid carcasses into Tennessee from states where local wildlife officials have concerns about chronic wasting disease. A Maury County hunter charged in the case killed a mule deer in Nebraska, transported Read more
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission (TWRC) recently passed rules that regulate how hunters may bring deer and elk back to Tennessee when hunting other states, says the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). This new regulation, effective September 1, 2005, will require all successful hunters transporting deer and elk carcasses from Read more
The state Court of Appeals in Nashville yesterday upheld Tennessee’s ban on private ownership of white-tailed deer, ruling that the state regulation protects native animals. The case was before the court for the third time in a long-running dispute over a 1991 statute that says only zoos, temporary exhibitors and Read more
“When I saw who the e-mail was from, my heart rate went up about 20% before I opened it.” Those are the words of Larry Marcum, the Chief of Wildlife Management with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The e-mail was from Richard Gerhold, Staff Veterinarian with the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Read more
JACKSBORO, Tenn. – While the panic over chronic wasting disease appears to be dying down, the testing to find out how widespread the disease is has just begun. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has collected nearly 1,400 brain tissue samples from hunter-killed deer and sent them to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Read more
Although CWD has not been found in Tennessee, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) will hold biological data collection checking stations locally this weekend. Local checking stations will be held at Jeff’s Market, Highway 64 East; Parsley’s #2, located on Highway 231 North; Fritz’s Market, Highway 431 North; and Coldwater Read more