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Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania respond to accusations, tell what happened to funds intended for CWD research

The Unified Sportsmen is still collecting donations for CWD research with the hope that they can be put to good use in the future. (Stock photo)

It has been four-and-a-half years since the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania held a press conference in Harrisburg announcing that the group was backing chronic wasting disease research done by Dr. Frank Bastian.
Bastian – at the time a researcher affiliated with Louisiana State University – claimed that CWD is caused by a bacterium, rather than a prion, contrary to what is believed by the vast majority of the scientific community.

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