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
Editor’s Note: this is the last of eight bi-weekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. I would like to end this series on an optimistic and hopeful note. Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the seventh of eight biweekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. “To say we’ve been on a steep learning curve with Chronic Wasting Disease Read more
MADISON — A fourth deer from a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported Tuesday, Nov. 2, that a 5½-year-old whitetail shot at Buckhorn Flats Game Farm, Almond, was infected Read more
MILWAUKEE – In a California laboratory, “humanized” brains of more than 100 mice that were injected with chronic wasting disease lie frozen, waiting for the second part of an experiment that could help answer a burning question. Can people get sick by eating deer infected with chronic wasting disease? With Read more
Madison , Wis. – A wild white-tailed deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in the disease eradication zone (DEZ) of Rock County. This is the first CWD positive discovered in the 25-square mile zone that was established by the Department of Natural Resources this year due to proximity Read more