Editor’s Note: this is the first 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. These questions are ones the public has been asking me and DNR field/front Read more
Dane County might have its own ban on baiting and feeding wild white-tailed deer this fall after the state ban expires Sept. 1. County Board Supervisor Brett Hulsey is introducing an ordinance tonight at the County Board meeting to extend the ban on feeding and baiting deer in Dane County Read more
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers is pushing the federal government to make more money available for the fight against chronic wasting disease. U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, a Democrat, and Republican U.S. Reps. Mark Green and Paul Ryan have introduced legislation in Congress to create $20.5 million in Read more
MADISON ― The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has ordered a Walworth County whitetail deer and elk herd to be killed and tested for chronic wasting disease. The herd, owned by Wayne Kuhnke of Delavan, has been quarantined since September 2002, because animal health officials believe it Read more
MADISON – Researchers continuing to examine the results of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) sampling effort during the 2002 Wisconsin hunting seasons report that the data indicates older bucks have a higher prevalence of the fatal brain disease and that the disease is not uniformly distributed within the infected area. Read more
MADISON – With the help of three grants from the Department of Defense (DOD), researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison will delve deeper into a molecular and environmental understanding of chronic wasting disease (CWD). The research will investigate genetic variations of the disease among deer, the transmission of CWD to Read more
MADISON – Tests on the last of an elk herd destroyed in Manitowoc County found no further chronic wasting disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today. Testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, detected no CWD among 83 animals killed May 20 Read more
MADISON — The second half of a Manitowoc County elk herd exposed to chronic wasting disease was killed for testing Tuesday, May 20, agriculture officials announced. About 90 elk from Eugene Sperber’s 180-head herd were put down beginning about 8 a.m. The first 93 elk from the herd were killed Read more
MADISON — Six fawns in the area of south central Wisconsin where chronic wasting disease has been found in white-tailed deer have tested positive for the disease, according to Department of Natural Resources wildlife health officials. These are the youngest wild white-tailed deer detected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) to Read more
MADISON — Half of a Manitowoc County elk herd exposed to chronic wasting disease was killed for testing Tuesday, May 6, agriculture officials announced. About 90 elk from Eugene Sperber’s 180-head herd were put down beginning at about 8 a.m. The remainder of the herd will be destroyed when storage Read more