Posts Tagged ‘CWD’
Agency moves to curb chronic wasting among Minnesota’s deer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota is taking a three-pronged approach to curbing the spread of a fatal brain disease among the state’s estimated 1 million wild deer, the state Department of…
Read MoreCaptive elk tests positive for chronic wasting disease
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State officials say a captive elk in far northwestern Wisconsin has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection…
Read MoreMidwest wildlife officials discuss chronic wasting disease
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Midwest wildlife officials gathered Wednesday to discuss how they might better combat chronic wasting disease, which has been spreading through the region’s deer herds with no…
Read MoreMinnesota DNR proposes new hunting changes to combat CWD
Big changes could come to Minnesota’s $500 million deer hunting industry. Todd Froberg, the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) landowner assistant specialist, said it is asking for public input…
Read MoreWisconsin regulators propose mandatory wasting disease tests
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources is recommending that hunters in parts of western Wisconsin be required to have deer they shoot inspected for chronic wasting…
Read MoreMinnesota DNR plans two December deer hunts to manage wasting disease
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Special deer hunts are planned for two consecutive weekends in December aimed at limiting the spread of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in southeastern…
Read MoreUniversity of Minnesota students test for fatal deer disease
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As deer hunting season reaches its peak, University of Minnesota students have traveled across the state to test the animals for a lethal disease. The chronic wasting…
Read MoreDNR partnering with several Jackson County taxidermists to halt CWD
Several businesses in Jackson County are volunteering this year to be a collection site for deer heads that will be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The partnership with the…
Read MoreCommittee to vote on scrapping chronic wasting disease rules
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Legislature’s rules committee debated whether to break with Gov. Scott Walker and scrap his new emergency chronic wasting disease regulations for deer, calling…
Read MoreAs CWD rules go into effect, lawmakers trying to kill them
The fight is heating up over new rules focused on slowing the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. Some lawmakers are working on ways to kill rules put…
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