MADISON – The perimeter fence was intentionally cut at Buckhorn Flats, an Almond hunting preserve infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD), natural resources and agriculture officials reported Friday. State officials are concerned because of possible exposure of wild (free-ranging) deer to the disease. It is unknown when the fence was Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) has good news to report concerning the results of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing in Hampshire County , according to Director Frank Jezioro . Samples collected by DNR personnel from 1,015 hunter-harvested deer in Hampshire County this past fall were tested for Read more
CWD UPDATE 69 January 11, 2006 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports that 15 positives have been detected out of 7,389 samples collected during the 2005 firearm season. All positives were in the endemic area of the Nebraska Panhandle with no new locations detected. The positives were all adult Read more
New cases found in Northern Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL. – Sixteen additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in northern Illinois through sampling of hunter-harvested deer during the state’s 2005-06 deer seasons. The new cases include two deer taken by hunters in Ogle County, the first time CWD Read more
CWD testing for deer was mandatory in area units during 2005 hunting season. None of the more than 1,300 deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Gunnison Basin during the 2005 big-game hunting season tested positive for the disease. Although it is impossible to prove the disease is Read more
Late Season Hunters Encouraged to Submit Heads for Testing The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has detected chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer in two new game management units (GMU’s) where it was not previously detected in eastern Colorado. The new units are GMU 109 north of Burlington and GMU Read more
CWD UPDATE 68 December 23, 2005 Governor Robert L. Ehrlich of Maryland has granted an emergency exemption to Maryland’s strict laws regulating the importation of cervids. After appeals from grade school children, the Governor issued a proclamation pre-empting the law; stating that “All flying reindeer, including one with a red Read more
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources has prosecuted its first case for a violation of an importation law that prohibits bringing cervid carcasses into Tennessee from states where local wildlife officials have concerns about chronic wasting disease. A Maury County hunter charged in the case killed a mule deer in Nebraska, transported Read more
RICHMOND, Va., – The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has good news concerning the results of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing in a surveillance area that included parts of western and northern Shenandoah, Frederick, Loudoun and Clark counties. More than 550 samples from white-tailed deer collected this Read more
HARRISBURG – Using newly-granted emergency powers, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vern Ross today issued an order banning the importation of specific carcass parts from states and Canadian provinces where CWD had been identified in free-ranging cervid populations. The ban closely mirrors a similar ban issued on Sept. 21 by Read more