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LDWF schedules public hearings to discuss expanding the CWD Control Area in Louisiana due to rising deer infections.
State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting ...
Scientists estimate that when chronic wasting disease prevalence reaches between 7% and 13%, elk populations will decline. Prevalence in western Wyoming elk is thought to be less than 1%.
OLYMPIA, Washington (KAPP) — Washington state hunters face new regulations this season as wildlife officials work to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological condition ...
“People pick it up unknowingly and move it to where they live—and they can spread it that way,” said Hunter Westacott, a chronic wasting disease expert. “So there’s always that concern.
State wildlife officials have established a new Chronic Wasting Disease management zone surrounding the Flathead County ...
Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...
New Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance measures are now in effect for Henderson, Union, and Webster counties, following the detection of CWD in a deer harvested just across the Ohio River ...
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A case of chronic wasting disease was detected in a doe at a Rock County farm, Wisconsin officials confirmed Thursday. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...
Kansas wildlife officials plan a public meeting next week in St. Francis to discuss chronic wasting disease and the strategies the department is taking to assess deer health in the area.