FITCHBURG – The Department of Natural Resources will be hosting seven deer management Open Houses in south central Wisconsin preceding public hearings on the agency’s proposed revisions to its chronic wasting disease (CWD) rules and regulations. Each Open House will run from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and during this Read more
Madison – Sharpshooters may be enlisted in a state campaign to thin deer herds in suburbs in southeastern Wisconsin to stave off the spread of chronic wasting disease, under a proposal unveiled Wednesday. Because of infected wild deer found in Kenosha and Walworth counties, wildlife biologists are worried about the Read more
MADISON — Another whitetail deer from a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. This brings the total to seven CWD-positive animals from Buckhorn Flats Game Farm, Almond, owned by Stan Hall. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Read more
Madison, Wis. – A second wild white-tailed deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Village of Fontana-On-Geneva Lake in southern Walworth County. This latest positive was collected about one mile north of the first CWD-positive wild deer reported from the area in August 2003. “We are Read more
MADISON – 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 extended for 60 days by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR). The rule, which currently affects 24 counties, Read more
FITCHBURG – The long deer hunting seasons in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones ended quietly on Jan. 3 with hunters submitting almost 12,500 deer for testing. To date, 70 animals have tested positive, all but six from the 1,153 square mile Intensive Harvest Zone (IHZ) centered in western Dane Read more
Kenosha, Wis. – Kenosha County has been added to the list of counties affected by a ban on baiting and feeding of deer. The ban follows the recent discovery of a wild white-tailed deer from Brighton that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). An emergency rule approved by the Read more
Madison , Wis. – A wild white-tailed deer from Brighton township in Kenosha County, just north of Paddock Lake, has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). “Like the positives found earlier in Rock and Walworth counties, this Kenosha County positive is disappointing but not unexpected. The closeness of known Read more
Madison, Wis. – A second wild white-tailed deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Rock County. The female deer was harvested by a hunter five miles north of the county’s 25-square mile disease eradication zone (DEZ). “Finding a CWD-positive deer outside of the Rock County DEZ is Read more
In a test of bovine proportions, the small crane hoists a one-thousand-pound cow and sets it neatly into a massive stainless steel tank. Two more cows follow, a massive lid is secured, chemicals and water are added, boilers are revved up, and the cows – hoofs, hide, bones and all Read more