Chronic wasting disease slowly turns the brains of infected deer (and other cervids) into spongy, deteriorating masses, triggering bizarre behavior and, inevitably, a fatal outcome.
Anyone driving from Warren to Jamestown has likely seen a billboard on the side of Route 62 warning about Chronic Wasting Disease. The disease is a fatal, neurological illness occurring in North ...
It attacks the brain, has a 100 per cent fatality rate, and is spreading quickly through Alberta's deer population.
When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania deerhalf a state away, locally the reaction was one of superficial concern. Wishful thinking was that the always-fatal ...
In years past, deer culls initiated by the City of Cranbrook were conducted through the use of clover traps and bolt guns, ...
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tested 1,456 animals for chronic wasting disease during the 2024 ...
In order to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease in the deer family, the province, with the support of the City of ...
A mysterious disease is spreading among deer populations in the U.S., and scientists are calling it ‘Zombie Deer’ Disease.
The cull will be focused on Cranbrook and Kimberley, where a total of five cases of the disease have been found.
The province of B.C. has announced plans to cull urban deer living in the Kootenay area, near the B.C.-Alberta border, in an ...
When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered ... disease caused by a misfoldedprotein called prions in deer and elk would somehow contain itself. CWD is atransmissible ...
Provincial wildlife biologist Holger Bohm and biosecurity expert Jessica Russel will present options to mitigate the spread ...