State wraps up intensive testing of 41,000 wild whitetails in Wisconsin Wrapping up the most extensive testing of deer in U.S. history, Wisconsin officials concluded Friday that chronic wasting disease does not appear to have spread beyond a region west of Madison. Results from more than 41,000 white-tailed deer have Read more
MADISON, Wis. – Feeding of deer will be legal from May 1, 2003 until a new permanent rule, enacted by the Natural Resources Board last week banning the practices of baiting and feeding deer, is effective. That rule should go into effect about September 1, 2003. An emergency rule, banning Read more
Staving off the pressures of politicians and citizens, the state Natural Resources Board voted last week in the interest of animal health. But in doing so, the board gave the Department of Natural Resources more work and a tougher challenge as it tries to stop the spread of chronic wasting Read more
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a set of rules on Wednesday that are intended to eradicate Chronic Wasting Disease and control its spread in Wisconsin’s white-tailed deer herd. The rules establish a new intensive harvest and herd reduction zone, set seasons and regulations for these zones, provide guidelines for Read more
MADISON – Dashing hopes that some Wisconsin deer may harbor genetic resistance to chronic wasting disease, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests that virtually all deer are prone to the fatal disease. The new study, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Disease, underscores the seriousness Read more
A permanent ban on baiting and feeding deer was approved by the state Natural Resources Board Wednesday along with several other measures designed to halt the spread of chronic wasting disease through Wisconsin’s deer herd. The controversial proposal drew hundreds of people to the board meeting and prompted comments from Read more
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin wildlife officials recapped their fight against chronic wasting disease before a panel of national deer experts Monday, telling them that killing all the deer near Mount Horeb could wipe out the disease in less than a decade. The experts’ visit comes after Department of Natural Resources Read more
Madison – Wildlife experts have found early evidence that female white-tailed deer may migrate much farther than previously believed, a Wisconsin researcher said Monday. The preliminary finding from a radio collar surveillance program in southwestern Wisconsin could have important implications for the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state. Read more
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is eligible for $885,000 in federal money to help fight chronic wasting disease, with three-fourths of the money intended to cover the cost of testing the state’s deer herd, U.S. Rep. Dave Obey and U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl said Thursday. The money is part of $14.9 Read more
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has tested about 37,000 samples of deer brains for chronic wasting disease and shipped only two suspicious samples to a federal laboratory in Iowa to verify findings, the administrator of the Madison lab said Wednesday. One of the samples was a wild deer from Sheboygan Read more