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CWD Scan for Sep 18, 2020
Tracking CWD in Wisconsin; New Montana CWD rule
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Chronic Wasting Disease
Wisconsin officials to collect deer heads to track chronic wasting disease
To better track the neurologic chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking hunters for deer heads from harvested deer and will have a digital option for entering CWD testing information, according to a DNR news release yesterday.
DNR staff will collect deer heads for CWD testing during the 2020 archery, crossbow, and gun seasons. "Managing CWD begins with knowing where the disease exists on the landscape, and having this knowledge is only possible with a robust sample size, thanks to deer hunters around the state," the DNR said. "Hunters should make plans to visit a sampling station to have their deer submitted for testing."
CWD is 100% fatal to deer and has been increasing in Wisconsin. No human cases have ever been documented, but health officials are concerned that such an event may one day happen.
"Hunters who haven't had their deer tested before might be concerned about the time involved or just not know what to expect when having their deer tested," said Amanda Kamps, DNR wildlife health conservation specialist. "We offer a variety of ways for hunters to participate, letting them choose the route that's most convenient for them."
Hunters can take advantage of the digital option via the DNR website. "This fall in particular, CWD testing by hunters in northwestern and northeastern Wisconsin will be crucial in our effort to understand where CWD occurs in our state," said Kamps.
Sep 17 Wisconsin DNR news release
In new CWD rule, Montana hunters allowed to transport cervid carcasses
In an effort to simply its CWD regulations, Montana officials will now allow hunters to move deer, elk, and moose carcasses across management zone borders, according to Montana Public Radio. All three cervid species are susceptible to the disease, which is caused by misfolded proteins called prions.
In a previous rule designed to prevent hunters from dumping infected carcasses in the woods and potentially spreading CWD, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) had restricted hunters from transporting carcasses out of CWD management zones in northwest, southwest, and eastern Montana.
But Dillon Tabish, FWP information and education program manager, said those transport restrictions were always in flux depending on where the disease was detected. "It got pretty difficult and complicated for hunters to kind of keep up with that as the season progressed," he said.
Hunters will now be able to transport carcasses anywhere in the state, Tabish said, but they must dispose of them at local landfills. He said that wildlife officials have full confidence that hunters will follow the new rule.
Sep 11 Montana Public Radio story
CWD Scan for Sep 18, 2020
Tracking CWD in Wisconsin; New Montana CWD rule
Filed Under:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Wisconsin officials to collect deer heads to track chronic wasting disease
To better track the neurologic chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking hunters for deer heads from harvested deer and will have a digital option for entering CWD testing information, according to a DNR news release yesterday.
DNR staff will collect deer heads for CWD testing during the 2020 archery, crossbow, and gun seasons. "Managing CWD begins with knowing where the disease exists on the landscape, and having this knowledge is only possible with a robust sample size, thanks to deer hunters around the state," the DNR said. "Hunters should make plans to visit a sampling station to have their deer submitted for testing."
CWD is 100% fatal to deer and has been increasing in Wisconsin. No human cases have ever been documented, but health officials are concerned that such an event may one day happen.
"Hunters who haven't had their deer tested before might be concerned about the time involved or just not know what to expect when having their deer tested," said Amanda Kamps, DNR wildlife health conservation specialist. "We offer a variety of ways for hunters to participate, letting them choose the route that's most convenient for them."
Hunters can take advantage of the digital option via the DNR website. "This fall in particular, CWD testing by hunters in northwestern and northeastern Wisconsin will be crucial in our effort to understand where CWD occurs in our state," said Kamps.
Sep 17 Wisconsin DNR news release
In new CWD rule, Montana hunters allowed to transport cervid carcasses
In an effort to simply its CWD regulations, Montana officials will now allow hunters to move deer, elk, and moose carcasses across management zone borders, according to Montana Public Radio. All three cervid species are susceptible to the disease, which is caused by misfolded proteins called prions.
In a previous rule designed to prevent hunters from dumping infected carcasses in the woods and potentially spreading CWD, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) had restricted hunters from transporting carcasses out of CWD management zones in northwest, southwest, and eastern Montana.
But Dillon Tabish, FWP information and education program manager, said those transport restrictions were always in flux depending on where the disease was detected. "It got pretty difficult and complicated for hunters to kind of keep up with that as the season progressed," he said.
Hunters will now be able to transport carcasses anywhere in the state, Tabish said, but they must dispose of them at local landfills. He said that wildlife officials have full confidence that hunters will follow the new rule.
Sep 11 Montana Public Radio story