How This ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Turns Deer Into Walking Corpses—And Why There’s No Cure
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.
Outdoors: Chronic Wasting Disease isn’t coming – it’s here
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 ...
Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population. Can it be stopped?
Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the ...
Billings Gazette4d
2 more elk die of disease on Wyoming winter feedgrounds
The first elk was found dead in January, followed by the second in early February. Both elk were discovered at the Dell Creek ...
The Indianapolis Star6d
Indiana bill takes aim at chronic wasting disease, but critics fear plan will hurt wild deer
House Bill 1417, filed by Rep. Robert Morris, R-Fort Wayne, would create a pilot program to combat Chronic Wasting Disease by testing deer and looking for certain genetic markers that create a ...
AGFC confirms cases of chronic wasting disease in Northern Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) recently confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) ...
North Thompson Times1d
B.C. launching East Kootenay deer cull to collect chronic wasting disease samples
In years past, deer culls initiated by the City of Cranbrook were conducted through the use of clover traps and bolt guns, ...
Deadly deer disease detected in Carbon County buck, public meeting planned
Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a deer in Carbon County for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission ...
Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population
It attacks the brain, has a 100 per cent fatality rate, and is spreading quickly through Alberta's deer population. Researchers across western Canada, including Sabine Gilch in Alberta, are working on ...
Republican Herald3d
Outdoors: Chronic Wasting Disease isn’t coming – it’s here
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 ...