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Commentary: Time to rethink CWD management
News reports and agency communications make clear that chronic wasting disease continues to spread to new places and also that prevalence is increasing among herds already affected by the disease.
Despite 50 years of research and attempted management interventions, there are no demonstrably effective methods to contain, much less to eradicate, CWD. At best, in states like Illinois, hunting and sharp-shooting seem to have slowed (but not stopped) increases in the prevalence of the disease.
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Commentary: Time to rethink CWD management
News reports and agency communications make clear that chronic wasting disease continues to spread to new places and also that prevalence is increasing among herds already affected by the disease.
Despite 50 years of research and attempted management interventions, there are no demonstrably effective methods to contain, much less to eradicate, CWD. At best, in states like Illinois, hunting and sharp-shooting seem to have slowed (but not stopped) increases in the prevalence of the disease.
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