U.S. Reps. Ron Kind, Mark Green and Paul Ryan, all members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Chronic Wasting Disease Taskforce, sent a letter on Monday to House Agriculture appropriators requesting support for President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2005 budget request of $20.1 million for the surveillance, management, research, and eradication of Read more
MADISON — Baiting and feeding deer will be banned in 26 southern Wisconsin counties effective noon June 17, under a secretary’s order signed by Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett. Previously, 24 counties had been included in the ban. The recent discovery of deer that tested positive for chronic Read more
MADISON — A whitetail deer that died on a Racine County farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Friday, May 21. According to the farm’s records on file with the Read more
Madison – Two years after chronic wasting disease was discovered in three wild white-tailed deer near Mount Horeb, the deadly ailment has been found in several more areas and grown to several hundred diseased deer. Which is why the Natural Resources Board on Wednesday stretched the boundaries of the zones Read more
MADISON – A ban on baiting and feeding deer in 24 counties at risk for the spread of chronic wasting disease will continue under emergency rules while state wildlife officials begin work drafting permanent rules for baiting and feeding deer in Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources wildlife and law enforcement Read more
The Wisconsin Deer Hunters Association (WDHA) is disappointed with comments made by Governor Doyle during the signing of Assembly bill 519 last week, which allows the practice of baiting and feeding deer to continue. “We realize the situation the legislature put the governor into, but his statements on why he Read more
MADISON,Wis. – A ban on the baiting and feeding of white-tailed deer, enacted by the state Natural Resources Board under emergency rule authority on Sept. 11, 2003, was once again extended for 60 days by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR). The rule, which currently affects Read more
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) has been the official USDA certified Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing facility in Wisconsin since 2002. WVDL conducted over 35,000 CWD tests in 2002-3 and more than 14,500 tests on samples collected during the 2003-4 hunting season. WVDL uses only USDA approved testing reagents Read more
Aerial survey indicates herd down 10 percent in zone, 20 percent in core area MADISON – Recent aerial surveys indicate that hunting has reduced the white-tailed deer population by about 10 percent in the zone state officials have established to eradicate chronic wasting disease from Wisconsin, with about a 20 Read more
MADISON — The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on proposed revisions to state rules being developed to address chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin during a series of public hearings being held in March. Each hearing will be preceded by an open house meeting where Department Read more