The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced today it has received confirmation that a road-killed deer in Hampshire County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “This is the first known occurrence of CWD in West Virginia ,” said Director Frank Jezioro . “Upon receiving this confirmation, we initiated Read more
Alberta’s ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance effort has identified the disease in a wild mule deer about 30 kilometres southeast of Oyen, Alberta. The case was confirmed today by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). A member of the public observed a very thin deer, which was subsequently collected Read more
SANTA FE – Deer and elk hunters will be required to observe new rules regarding the removal of game animal parts from a 250-square-mile area of the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico this fall as the Department of Game and Fish continues efforts to prevent the spread of chronic Read more
CHEYENNE — A ceremony will rename a state wildlife unit for two renowned wildlife disease researchers who died in a crash late last year. The Sybille Wildlife Research Center and Conservation Unit near Wheatland will be renamed the Tom Thorne/Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center at Sybille. The nearby Sybille-Johnson Creek Read more
The Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking hunters’ cooperation this fall as it continues to check deer and elk for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the fall hunting season. This year’s effort will focus on the far eastern side of the state where there is a high density Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. — Chronic wasting disease still has not turned up in North Carolina deer, according to recent statewide tests. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has tested more than 1,800 deer since 1999 for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. The fatal, contagious illness has afflicted deer and related animals in Read more
Information on Response to Discovery of Deer Disease Will Be Provided New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan today announced a series of statewide meetings to be held during the month of September to inform the public of DEC efforts in response to the Read more
Hunters who harvest deer in the Gunnison Basin this season are required to submit the animals’ heads for testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD). If you are hunting in any of these Game Management Units – 54, 55, 551, 66 and 67 – CWD testing is mandatory. No evidence exists Read more
HELENA – Ideas on how to deal with chronic wasting disease in Montana range from doing nothing to killing every deer or elk within 80 square miles of where the first diseased animal is found, a new management study shows. The plans, analyzed in an environmental study that went to Read more
MADISON – A new publication titled Controlling Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin (PDF) is now available online and in DNR offices across Wisconsin. The publication is a progress report on the first three years of Wisconsin’s CWD control efforts and progress to date in the areas of CWD research, disease Read more