LARAMIE — Hunters and others interested in chronic wasting disease, a fatal disease affecting some of the deer and elk herds in southeast Wyoming, are invited to attend a meeting of the subject hosted by the Game and Fish Department. During a two-hour presentation, participants will be given the most Read more
Hassett named by governor-elect to be new DNR Secretary MADISON — The discovery of chronic wasting disease in three white-tailed deer from the Mt. Horeb area of Iowa and Dane counties on Feb. 28, was the state’s biggest natural resources story of 2002, and perhaps the most far-reaching biological, social Read more
DES MOINES – The Iowa DNR will continue collecting deer tissue samples in Allamakee, Jackson and Dubuque counties though the late muzzleloader season that ends Jan. 10. The three counties, along with Clayton County, were the focus of the tissue sample collection effort looking for the presence of Chronic Wasting Read more
CWD UPDATE DECEMBER 20, 2002 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell has issued a special exemption to the state’s ban on the importation of cervids. When he received a complaint from an elementary school class reference the cervid ban, he decided to issue the exemption. The class Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in three more deer in northern Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources announced today, bringing to four the number of confirmed cases of the disease in Illinois. CWD is not known to be contagious to livestock or humans. Two of Read more
LANDER — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has approved changes to hunting rules that will allow the Game and Fish Department to quickly respond to possible new outbreaks of wildlife diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD). Terry Cleveland, assistant chief of the agency’s Wildlife Division, said the recent Read more
Madison, Wis. – Officials with the Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection were notified on Dec. 12 by the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, IA that an escaped male white-tailed deer owned by James Hirschboeck has tested positive for chronic wasting disease Read more
CWD UPDATE DECEMBER 13, 2002 An escaped, ear-tagged white tail deer from Walworth County, Wisconsin has tested positive for CWD. The animal is a 1 ½ year old buck that had escaped in March of 2002. DNR conservation wardens killed it on October 22. The DNR has stated that their Read more
MADISON — A Walworth County deer herd infected with chronic wasting disease was destroyed Wednesday, Dec. 11, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection officials said. A 118-whitetail herd owned by James Hirschboeck, Eagle, was put down by gunshot beginning shortly after 8 a.m. A single animal from the herd Read more
USDA Wildlife Services does the actual killing because they have sharpshooters trained in this type of shooting. They use .308-caliber rifles, shoot at close range (within 50 yards). Shoot animals in the neck and they die instantly. They use silencers (“sound suppressors” is their term) to avoid stirring up the Read more