Pennsylvania a leader in spending to battle spread of CWD in deer
Pa. Game Commission sinking millions annually into chronic wasting disease fight.
CWD
Breaking news: Nine more CWD positives in Marion, Wyandot counties
Brings the total to 11 positives since the fall of 2020.
CWD control efforts produce one positive from culling
ODNR uses sharpshooters to purge deer in March.
Pennsylvania must find a way to win battle against CWD
If we don’t win this battle against CWD, prepare for wild places without deer. That would be a terrible loss.
CWD detected in wild deer in Grand Rapids prompts DNR to update disease response plan
This is the first time CWD has been detected in wild deer in this deer permit area, so the DNR is also taking immediate steps to understand the prevalence of the disease in wild deer in the Grand Rapids area, the DNR says.
Positive test on Brainerd-area deer extends CWD management to ’24
Deer feeding and attractant bans expand; fall sampling shows CWD prevalence remains low, DNR says.
DNR to rescind rule temporarily banning farmed deer movement into and within Minnesota
The DNR worked to obtain all available information from agencies outside Minnesota that are involved in the regulation of farmed deer, but has concluded that learning more won’t be possible due to loss of records, variability in the ways other jurisdictions monitor CWD in deer farms and in wild deer, and the lack of testing in some other states.
CWD testing seminars scheduled
The Michigan DNR, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan United Conservation Clubs and the National Deer Association will be hosting chronic wasting disease testing seminars in Montcalm, Kent and Ionia counties this fall. At the seminars, DNR biologists will demonstrate how to collect lymph node CWD samples from a harvested deer. These samples can be submitted for testing with a U.S. Department of Agriculture-approved laboratory for a…
Arkansas hunters, get your deer tested for CWD – and win a lifetime of hunting and fishing
LITTLE ROCK — Getting your deer tested for chronic wasting disease not only is free through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, it might even land you a free hunting and fishing for life. Thanks to a donation from the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation, every Arkansas resident who has their harvested deer tested for CWD this year will be…
CWD suspected in wild deer harvested along NW Minn. border
Would be the first suspected case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer along Minnesota’s border with North Dakota.
DNR temporarily bans farmed deer movement into and within Minnesota
Emergency action will provide time to understand connections between known CWD-positive farms and identify and prevent transfer from potentially exposed herds, agency says.
DNR learns of 2 Minnesota deer farms that received deer from CWD-positive farm in Wisconsin
The farm where CWD was detected reportedly sold nearly 400 deer to 40 farms in seven states during the past five years.
Letter from outdoors coalition demands moratorium on deer and elk farms in Minnesota
Organizations forming the new CWD Action Coalition include state and national groups and a Minnesota tribe
How did your state senator vote on the deer farm moratorium?
Amendment that would have banned new deer farms in state of Minnesota failed last week on a 29-36 vote in state Senate.
DNR confirms first case of CWD in Green Lake County wild deer
New baiting and feeding ban in effect.
Gov. Walz: transfer oversight of game farms
Advocates switching to DNR from BAH.
DNR’s temporary ban halts movement of farmed deer
Emergency action meant to provide time to understand connections between known CWD-positive farms and preventing additional transfers from potentially exposed farms.
Additional CWD-positives, illegal carcass disposal spur expanded investigation, response in Beltrami County
Twelve additional white-tailed deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in the infected Beltrami County farmed deer herd.
A first: Minnesota researchers develop field test for CWD
They’re the first-ever scientists to successfully deploy a CWD field test.
CWD test developed by scientists
The new method utilizes a piece of tissue from the animal’s ear for testing. Previously, more invasive tests had proven effective but difficult to collect, including a rectal sample or biopsy of lymph nodes.
Second Ohio deer tests positive for CWD
Doe found to have fatal neurological disease in Wyandot County.
Nine more deer added to tally of CWD positive whitetails at Houston County farm
The farm first detected CWD in a 2½-year-old white-tailed deer in October 2020.
Deer disease accelerates faster than N.D. officials expected
The total number of cases since CWD was initially discovered in North Dakota in 2009 is 44 and 30 of those cases have occurred in the last two years.
DNR: CWD testing in ’20 shows low prevalence of disease in areas tested
Season’s chronic wasting disease detections were within two disease management zones.
For first time, CWD confirmed in Wood County wild deer
As required by state law, the DNR will renew the baiting and feeding bans in Wood, Juneau and Adams counties.
Wolves now seen as control on CWD, but not in Pennsylvania
Whether the idea holds that wolves can limit CWD in the West, they won’t be stocked to do the job here.
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