Madison- The state Department of Natural Resources has announced it will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on proposed rules for managing chronic wasting disease in the wild deer herd in Wisconsin. Currently, the department is attempting to control and eradicate chronic wasting disease (CWD) under the authority of emergency Read more
A Walworth County deer farmer whose farm was found last week to contain a deer infected with chronic wasting disease tried to secretly sell a deer to another farmer, despite a quarantine, according to a search warrant filed Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court. State Department of Natural Resources wardens Read more
In recent weeks, I am happy and relieved to say that more and more hunters are telling me they have decided to go out and do their part and hunt this year. That’s important because to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease, we need hunters to continue their role Read more
Harrisburg- Wildlife Conservation Officers are investigating the cause of death of more than 70 white-tailed deer in Gilmore, Franklin and Richhill townships, Greene County and West Finley Township, Washington County. Today, six samples from deer in both counties are being sent to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the Read more
UCSF-led researchers have developed a highly sensitive, automated test for detecting prions (PREE-on) that they report significantly improves the accuracy and speed of rdetecting the various forms of the infectious agent, which causes a set of neurodegenerative diseases, in cattle, sheep, deer and elk. Because the test is automated, the Read more
Michigan wildlife officials have issued a plea to Berrien County deer hunters: We need your deer. In a state-wide effort to test deer for Bovine Tuberculosis and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), wildlife managers are gathering samples from all counties along the Indiana and Wisconsin borders as well as several interior Read more
Minnesota deer hunters fearful of chronic wasting disease can have their animals tested at a university lab this fall. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources assistant wildlife director, Ed Boggess, said the testing will give skittish hunters “reassurance.” “However, based on the best scientific information available, both state and federal health Read more
Area game farmers have voluntarily taken extra precautions to keep their animals healthy but with the onset of chronic wasting disease, state rules are even more stringent. The disease, which was discovered in three wild Wisconsin bucks in February, attacks the brains of infected deer and elk and causes the Read more
With Hunting Woven into Our Cultural and Economic Fabric, a Threat to the Herd Could Turn Tragic It was nearly noon on Nov. 18, a warm Sunday, the second day of Wisconsin’s 2001 deer season, and Tom Schulenberg was hungry. Eager to hunt that morning, he had skipped breakfast, stuffed Read more
A new paper from a Denver neurologist suggests the possibility of humans contracting chronic wasting disease is underplayed and that the “most reasonable assumption” is CWD can be transmitted to some people. Patrick Bosque, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, also wrote that scrapie – Read more