LARAMIE – The first deer and elk to test positive for chronic wasting disease in deer hunt area 77 and elk hunt area 8 south of Laramie were discovered this hunting season by the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory and Game and Fish Department. The discovery was not surprising because CWD Read more
MADISON – The first of the 2005 gun deer hunting seasons is set to open on Oct. 27 with antlerless deer only hunts in deer management units that are designated as Zone T and in southern Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease zones. An annual youth deer hunt will take place on Read more
SALEM – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials today reminded successful deer and elk hunters to bring their animals through ODFW check stations as part of the state’s effort to monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease. While the disease has not been found in Oregon wildlife to date, ODFW scientists Read more
Department continues actions to protect deer and elk herds from chronic wasting disease: Hunters asked to assist in surveillance efforts Arizona wildlife officials continue to be on the lookout for a silent killer of deer and elk. It hasn’t reached Arizona yet, but could possibly arrive here someday. It’s called Read more
CWD UPDATE 65 October 6, 2005 The Colorado Division of Wildlife has confirmed CWD in a free-ranging moose for the first time. Previously, researchers in Wyoming had been able to infect moose with CWD under experimental conditions. The Colorado report is the first report of a natural infection in a Read more
As fall hunting seasons get under way, Florida wildlife officials are reminding hunters it is illegal to bring home carcasses of any species of the family Cervidae (e.g. deer, elk and moose) from 10 states and one Canadian province where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected. The states and Read more
MADISON – Adult deer harvested in the zones established around the areas of south central and southeastern Wisconsin where chronic wasting disease has been found in white-tailed deer will be tested for the disease in 2005 and state wildlife officials will also conduct intensive disease surveillance testing in northeast Wisconsin. Read more
HARRISBURG – With the recent approval of Pennsylvania’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Response Plan, the Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a measure granting certain emergency authorities to the executive director to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), if it is discovered in or near Read more
The Massachusetts Fisheries & Wildlife Board voted unanimously at its September 28 meeting on Martha’s Vineyard to institute regulations designed to prevent Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from entering the Commonwealth. CWD is a fatal neurological disorder known to affect white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and (just confirmed for the first Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed two additional cases of chronic wasting disease in two wild mule deer found about 30 kilometres southeast of Oyen, Alberta. These deer were 2 out of 133 deer collected in response to the first case of CWD found in the wild and confirmed Read more