051105 Officials from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department continue to receive good news from scientists conducting tests for chronic wasting disease. Test results for CWD on more than 1,900 wild deer and 26 elk collected from hunters during the 2004 hunting season are negative, according to Greg Link, Read more
Sampling Done at Associated Captive Deer Herd Shows No Signs of CWD The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) today announced it has received negative test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in four captive deer sampled at a herd associated with the deer herds confirmed with Read more
Natural Resources Board approves either sex hunting PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Bow hunters will be able to harvest a deer of either sex during the early archery season in chronic wasting disease (CWD) management zones, under rules approved April 27 by the state Natural Resources Board. The bow season Read more
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation today announced that it has received the remainder of test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) that were part of intensive sampling efforts in central New York. DEC has received two positive results for the disease out of 292 wild deer sampled. Read more
The state Court of Appeals in Nashville yesterday upheld Tennessee’s ban on private ownership of white-tailed deer, ruling that the state regulation protects native animals. The case was before the court for the third time in a long-running dispute over a 1991 statute that says only zoos, temporary exhibitors and Read more
CWD UPDATE 58 May 3, 2005 A correction to the report from South Dakota in the last update. I had previously reported two whitetails and one mule deer positive from Wind Cave National Park. That should have been one whitetail and two mule deer. Additionally, South Dakota reports two new Read more
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced it has implemented emergency regulations regarding the handling, transport and management of deer in the State. The emergency regulations are effective immediately and represent an aggressive response to the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild Read more
Preliminary Positive Result Found During DEC Monitoring Efforts The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced it has received a preliminary positive result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer sampled in Oneida County. If confirmed, this will be the first known occurrence of CWD Read more
HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease, a form of “mad cow” disease which affects deer and elk, has been found in New York State , but there are no signs of the fatal condition in Pennsylvania as yet, state game commission officials recently announced. Game Commission executive director Vern Ross said Read more
Sampling in Oneida County To Date Shows No Signs of CWD in Wild Herd The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the initial round of sampling results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Oneida County wild deer has shown no signs of the disease to Read more