LARAMIE – The first elk to test positive for chronic wasting disease in hunt area 125, the Elk Mountain area on the north end of the Snowy Range, was discovered this week by the Game and Fish Department and the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory. Prior to this discovery, CWD had Read more
LARAMIE – One mule deer buck harvested Oct. 3 from deer Hunt Area 76 on the east face of the Snowy Range just north of the Colorado line tested positive for chronic wasting disease. CWD had not previously been found in that hunt area. “Finding CWD in this hunt area Read more
LARAMIE — Deer and elk hunters contribute significantly to wildlife conservation efforts, but the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking them to do more this hunting season. “We are asking hunters to do two things that they may not have done in the past,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie regional Read more
Game wardens, wildlife biologists and other Wyoming Game & Fish Department personnel hope to collect 4,000 chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples from harvested deer and elk this fall. “Collecting samples from hunters allows the department to document the distribution and prevalence of the disease,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie Regions wildlife Read more
RAWLINS – Laboratory tests and analysis have conclusively ruled out several causes, including chronic wasting disease, some insecticides and a variety of metals, in the mysterious deaths of elk southwest of Rawlins. Through Thursday afternoon, Feb. 26, the death total had grown to 275. The work being done by the Read more
LARAMIE — Statewide surveillance to monitor chronic wasting disease (CWD) is finished, thanks to new testing procedures that allowed the Game and Fish Department to analyze more than twice the number of samples in half the time. The ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay) test, which certified in 2002, allowed G&F Read more
CHEYENNE – There’s much to learn yet about chronic wasting disease, but this is known: a 16-page color booklet with the most up-to-date information about the disease in Wyoming is available to interested individuals. The publication was produced by the magazine and veterinary staffs of the Game and Fish Department Read more
LARAMIE, Wyo. – Four deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in new areas of southern Wyoming. The deer were killed in three hunt areas in Carbon County, and were among 3,893 animals tested for the fatal brain malady by the State Veterinary Lab in Laramie. The new infected Read more
LUSK/MOORCROFT – Chronic wasting disease has been found in the Black Hills, but the only real news is that it took so long to show up. Two mule deer and a white-tailed deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in three new hunt areas. One of those animals came Read more
WASHINGTON — The federal government is pitching in $4 million to help key states in their efforts to combat chronic wasting disease. State officials and researchers in Montana and Wyoming say the money will enhance efforts to monitor and manage deer and elk with the neurological disease. The disease can Read more