Madison — Joined at the hip by the finding of chronic wasting disease in wild deer near Mount Horeb and on deer farms in Portage and Walworth counties, the DNR and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) have been working together on the state’s CWD problems since February. Read more
The chance of a human getting CWD from a deer is very tiny and the public should work with game management officials in the effort to control the disease, a University of Wisconsin doctor said Wednesday. About 100 people, including doctors, nurses, medical students and journalists gathered at the Lake Read more
State officials said Wednesday they recently learned that several deer escaped in March from a northern Walworth County deer farm that is known to have harbored at least one deer with chronic wasting disease. The DNR has dispatched wardens to a game farm owned by James Hirschboeck of the Town Read more
We’re talking about an administrative rule that has the force of law that is currently in effect.– Darrell Bazzell, DNR secretary The state’s Natural Resources Board came within one vote of repealing its own ban on deer baiting during a Wednesday meeting in Eau Claire. The citizens board, which sets Read more
The Wisconsin Medical Society on Thursday joined the growing list of organizations offering recommendations on how to deal with chronic wasting disease by urging, among other things, that the state provide at least one Dumpster in every county for the disposal of deer carcasses. The society also recommended that all Read more
Madison – More evidence is necessary before we will know if chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a human health threat, according to a Wisconsin Medical Society report released today. (The task force report can be found here on www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org). “There is currently no scientific or epidemiological evidence to suggest that Read more
A Walworth County deer farmer whose farm was found last week to contain a deer infected with chronic wasting disease tried to secretly sell a deer to another farmer, despite a quarantine, according to a search warrant filed Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court. State Department of Natural Resources wardens Read more
Madison- The state Department of Natural Resources has announced it will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on proposed rules for managing chronic wasting disease in the wild deer herd in Wisconsin. Currently, the department is attempting to control and eradicate chronic wasting disease (CWD) under the authority of emergency Read more
In recent weeks, I am happy and relieved to say that more and more hunters are telling me they have decided to go out and do their part and hunt this year. That’s important because to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease, we need hunters to continue their role Read more
With Hunting Woven into Our Cultural and Economic Fabric, a Threat to the Herd Could Turn Tragic It was nearly noon on Nov. 18, a warm Sunday, the second day of Wisconsin’s 2001 deer season, and Tom Schulenberg was hungry. Eager to hunt that morning, he had skipped breakfast, stuffed Read more