Edmonton… To improve monitoring for Chronic Wasting Disease, staff of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development are collecting a sample of approximately 300 wild deer. This will occur between mid-February and late March in two sampling areas: one centred around Gibbons and Bon Accord and another near Fort Assiniboine, north and west Read more
SURVEILLANCE OF WILD ANIMALS Ongoing surveillance conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicates that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found primarily in wild deer and elk herds in northeastern Colorado. The status of the disease outside of the northeastern “established” area remains unclear and will be further evaluated following Read more
MADISON – The public will have an opportunity to discuss results of the 2002 deer hunt and the deer population status of Deer Management Units (DMUs) at local public information meetings scheduled across the state. Department of Natural Resources wildlife managers will discuss deer harvest results by DMU, population estimates, Read more
RICHMOND, VA – In October 2002, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) initiated a surveillance and monitoring program for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in free-ranging white-tailed deer. “Nearly 75 percent of the samples have been tested and CWD has not been detected in any of them. We Read more
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in three more mule deer from White Sands Missile Range, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish announced Tuesday, Feb. 4. Presence of the disease, which is always fatal to deer or elk, was confirmed by Colorado Read more
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has approved a rule to prohibit importation of any deer or elk into Florida except as provided by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The rule, passed at the commission’s recent meeting in Fort Myers, clarifies the authority of FWC officers Read more
Thankfully, we’ve made it through another deer season without chronic wasting disease (CWD) showing up in our wildlife. But the politics surrounding CWD are heating up and taking an ugly turn. To review: CWD is an always-fatal neurological disease of cervids (deer and elk) caused by a mutated protein. A Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Four more deer harvested during the 2002 firearm season have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission reported today. Two adult white-tailed deer, a buck and a doe, harvested in northern Sioux County and an adult mule deer buck harvested in Morrill Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 31, 2003 An additional four deer have been confirmed with CWD in Nebraska. The latest positives were all from the panhandle region of the state. Two adult whitetail bucks from Sioux County, one whitetail doe from Kimball County and an adult mule deer buck from Morrill County Read more
MADISON, Wis. – Scott Hassett, newly-appointed Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary, doesn’t plan to change the department’s approach to fighting chronic wasting disease, even though five deer outside the Eradication Zone have tested positive for the fatal deer and elk disease. One of those deer was killed near Muscoda Read more