A flyer on Chronic Wasting Disease is now available from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife). Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disease fatal to deer and elk. CWD has been found in wild or captive deer or elk in several western and midwestern states and Read more
North Dakota’s 2004 Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program for chronic wasting disease is off to a good start. So far, State Game and Fish Department personnel have taken samples for testing from more than 1,000 hunter-harvested deer, according to Jacquie Ermer, wildlife disease biologist, Riverdale. “We received tremendous cooperation from hunters, meat Read more
MADISON–A whitetail deer shot on a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease causing the suspected farm from which the animal originated to be placed under quarantine. A male whitetail deer shot in October at the Buckhorn Flats Game Farm, Almond, tested positive for the fatal Read more
DODGEVILLE – Hunters interested in donating deer harvested in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) of southern and southwest Wisconsin to food pantries now have that option thanks to five area meat processors. Hunters can take their DEZ-harvested deer for donation through March 31, 2005 to: Black Read more
FITCHBURG – The gun deer seasons in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones of southern and southwest Wisconsin begins Thursday, Oct. 28. Below are several topics based on questions that the public has been posing to DNR field and front line staff. Butchered Waste CWD Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) hunters Read more
FITCHBURG – Hunters are reminded that they must allow the Department of Natural Resources to collect deer heads for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing, if requested by agency staff. DNR will be sampling adult deer – no fawns – Nov. 20-21 at 15 locations in the CWD Herd Reduction Zone Read more
MADISON,Wis. – The Chronic Wasting Disease Reward Program, a joint effort between Whitetails Unlimited and the Department of Natural Resources that rewards hunters and landowners for their efforts to help control CWD, is in place for its second year in the disease eradication zones this deer hunting season. The CWD Read more
CWD UPDATE November 9, 2004 Five additional red deer from the facility in Arizona that had the inconclusive CWD positive have been tested and the prion disease was not detected in the additional animals. Investigation into this occurrence is ongoing. Sixteen University of Alberta researchers with a combined total of Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s 2004 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program is in full operation, and of the more than 650 samples collected, none have yet tested positive. “The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been testing deer and elk from youth hunters, elk hunters and Black Hills Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Deer hunters are gearing up for Illinois’ most popular hunting season – the seven-day firearm deer hunting season scheduled for Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-5. “Interest in deer hunting in Illinois appears to be at an all-time high and we appreciate the support of hunters participating in Read more