Agriculture Department to Test ‘Pink 23’ Adams County Escaped Deer
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2nd deer with CWD is found
A second Pennsylvania deer has been found to have had chronic wasting disease.
Experts advise hunters: Don't overreact to presence of CWD
The discovery this fall of chronic wasting disease in two deer on a game farm in southeastern Pennsylvania has hunters wondering what to do
Game Commission Prepares to Collect samples for CWD Testing
Hunters in Adams/York counties plan to hunt deer; Statewide sample collection to continue
Stop baiting deer on southeast’s Red tag farms – it could spread CWD
Last April when the Pennsylvania Game Commission board approved the use of baiting (on a limited basis) on Red Tag farms in several southeastern counties during deer season, I didn't like it. Hunting deer over bait isn't ethical, in my opinion, but ethics aside it's a dangerous proposition. We all know that feeding deer congregates them. Baiting is essentially feeding,…
Chronic Wasting Disease — Pa.’s Agriculture Department a disappointment
Chronic wasting disease is now within Pennsylvania’s borders. With CWD already in New York, Maryland and West Virginia, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl Roe shared his concern with me last Monday.
20 farms quarantined in probe for CWD
The potential impact of Pennsylvania’s first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in a captive deer continues to grow. At this issue’s deadline, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture had placed quarantines on 20 deer farms.
Escaped CWD suspect deer remains at large
An antlerless deer known as Pink 23 that escaped from the Adams County enclosure where it lived with the 3.5-year-old doe that had Pennsylvania’s first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease remained in the wild as this issue went to press.
Game Commission to hold public meeting in Adams County to discuss CWD
Game Commission check station will be open on Sundays during two-week firearms deer seasonGame Commission check station will be open on Sundays during two-week firearms deer season
Department of Agriculture investigating possible 2nd case of chronic wasting disease
Pennsylvania may have its second case of chronic wasting disease.
Are there two sides to CWD-spread story?
Now that chronic wasting disease has been found in a captive Pennsylvania deer, and more than a dozen deer farms in the state have been quarantined, you probably have an opinion about how the disease spreads. As you listen to state officials and biologists, such as Kip Adams, the Quality Deer Management Association's director of education and outreach, blame deer…
CWD threat to our wild deer is only growing
It's all very disturbing. Since a captive deer from an Adams County farm was determined to have chronic wasting disease on Oct. 10, there have been a few developments that really haven't reduced the threat of the disease entering into the wild population. In fact, that risk has increased, in my opinion. Last week, when shooters from the state and…
CWD found in a Pa. deer
It’s going to be a long, hard road from here.
Expert: Outlaw the feeding of deer, mineral, salt licks
On the heels of finding chronic wasting disease in a Pennsylvania deer, it’s time for the state’s game commissioners to consider a ban on deer feeding.
N.Y.'s knee-jerk reaction to CWD finding in Pa.
New York's response to the discovery of chronic wasting disease in a single – one, count 'em, one – deer earlier this month, in a captive deer at that, and in the southernmost part of the Keystone State is going to be one big headache for New York hunters who pursue Pa. whitetails this season. That's if the New York…
First case of chronic wasting disease found in Pa. deer
Adams County captive Deer Tests Positive; No Evidence of Effect on Humans
Really, it’s amazing CWD hasn’t been discovered here
I could sense the despair in Dr. Walt Cottrell's voice. As the wildlife veterinarian for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Cottrell has seen virtually every malady that can strike any species in the state. He's seen it all… almost. The Game Commission has launched a media campaign, if you will, to raise awareness of the risk of chronic wasting disease and…
No ‘nuclear option’ for CWD here
If and when chronic wasting disease shows up in Pennsylvania deer, Game Commission officials won’t overreact, they revealed at their recent meeting here.
Pennsylvania Surrounded by CWD, but no Confirmed Cases Yet
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was not found in samples taken from hunter-killed deer during Pennsylvania’s 2010 hunting season
CWD in PA: a question of when, not if
A prediction made by two Pennsylvania Game Commission officials recently is extremely alarming. One official – PGC wildlife veterinarian Dr. Walter Cottrell – said in a story that appeared in Pennsylvania Outdoors News that it's probable that chronic wasting disease is either already in the state or it's only a matter of time before it arrives. Cottrell's remark was made…
No deer slaughter if CWD comes
Chronic wasting disease edged closer to Pennsylvania in recent weeks, and experts say it is only a matter of time before it is discovered here.
Discovery of Maryland deer with CWD sends shivers through Pennsylvania
It’s ironic that one of the biggest stories in Pennsylvania’s outdoor world – Commonwealth Court dismissing the Unified Sportsmen’s lawsuit against the Game Commission over deer management
Hunter-Killed Elk Negative for CWD in PA
Samples taken from the 41 hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2010 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and tuberculosis
