LARAMIE — Deer and elk hunters contribute significantly to wildlife conservation efforts, but the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking them to do more this hunting season. “We are asking hunters to do two things that they may not have done in the past,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie regional Read more
With the archery deer hunting season opening Oct. 1 statewide, Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials today reminded hunters to visit deer check stations and information centers operating throughout the state. Hunters who bring their deer to the check stations should have their deer in an accessible location on the Read more
Group aims to identify research needs for brain-wasting proteins U.S. officials have created a federal interagency working group to identify gaps in scientific knowledge about abnormal prion proteins, believed to cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and other diseases, according to a September 21 press release from the White House Office Read more
Game wardens, wildlife biologists and other Wyoming Game & Fish Department personnel hope to collect 4,000 chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples from harvested deer and elk this fall. “Collecting samples from hunters allows the department to document the distribution and prevalence of the disease,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie Regions wildlife Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 22, 2004) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced that tests for chronic wasting disease or “CWD” in the state’s deer population did not detect this fatal and contagious disease. Staff with the Wildlife Commission collected deer tissue samples across the state during the 2003-2004 hunting season 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 from Sept. 18, 2004, through March Read more
Chronic Wasting Disease has been set as a national priority for piloting a Wildlife Disease Action Plan by the Canadian Councils of Resource Ministers. The Canadian Council of Wildlife Ministers recognize the growing danger wildlife diseases pose to wildlife, human health and the economy and have agreed to address the Read more
As part of previously announced plans to continue testing of wild deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during this fall’s hunting seasons, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be collecting samples from archery deer hunters in designated surveillance areas. While the majority of effort will take place during Read more
LAKE MILLS – There have been substantial changes to bow deer registration stations in Jefferson County, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. “We are looking to sample deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and much of this stems from the addition of southern Jefferson County to the CWD Herd Read more
GREEN RIVER (AP) – An expert on chronic wasting disease hopes to study 20 deer fawns from several Western states this fall. Elizabeth Williams, with the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, has outlined plans to study 10 mule deer fawns and 10 white-tailed deer fawns in Wyoming, the Casper Read more