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Game and Fish expands CWD testing efforts to Red River Valley after suspected Minnesota case

Bemidji Pioneer 04 Nov 2021
North Dakota deer gun hunting units. (North Dakota Game and Fish Department). North Dakota’s deer gun season opens at noon Central time Friday, Nov. 5 ... to 6 p.m ... .
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For first time, CWD suspected in wild deer killed in western Minnesota

Pioneer Press 04 Nov 2021
Dave Olfelt, director of the DNR’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, confirmed the suspected positive case Wednesday in a phone call, calling it a “CWD setback.” ... No cases of CWD had been reported in wild or captive deer in nearby areas, and no CWD sampling requirements were in place.
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Hunters In Northwestern Minnesota Urged To Sample Deer Following Suspected CWD Case

CBS Sports 03 Nov 2021
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that preliminary results of a deer harvested near Climax, which is about 50 miles north of Moorhead, strongly indicate a CWD infection ... According to officials, no CWD cases have yet been reported in wild or captive deer in the area.
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ICYMI: Rep. Ron Kind is Working to Address CWD and Protect Wisconsin’s Outdoor Economy (Ron Kind)

Public Technologies 03 Nov 2021
State and tribal game agencies, as well as captive cervid farmers and deer hunters, stand to reap big benefits in the fight against chronic wasting disease (CWD) if a bill introduced by Representative Ron Kind (D-Wis) and Glenn Thompson (R-PA) is ultimately passed by Congress ... CWD management bill introduced in Congress.
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Hunters Encouraged To Have Deer Tested For CWD

The Roundup 02 Nov 2021
CWD is a slow-moving brain disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause population-level impacts under high infection rates ... “While EHD is a different disease from CWD, it illustrates the impact diseases can have on our wildlife populations. And unlike EHD, which is cyclical, CWD can become an increasing, annual pressure on our herd.”.
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3 Wyoming bull elk test positive for CWD in new areas

Billings Gazette 01 Nov 2021
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced the test results, noting these were new areas for elk infections, although they overlap with deer hunt areas where CWD has been detected or are adjacent to already infected elk hunt areas ... “Each CWD sample ...
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Hunters Enouraged to Have Deer Tested for CWD

Valley City Times Record 01 Nov 2021
CWD is a slow-moving brain disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause population-level impacts under high infection rates ... “While EHD is a different disease from CWD, it illustrates the impact diseases can have on our wildlife populations.
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As deer opener nears, DNR tells hunters to plan for any CWD testing requirements

Pioneer Press 29 Oct 2021
Hunters can’t transport deer carcasses from CWD management areas, where there have been multiple reports of CWD in free-ranging deer until they get a negative test for CWD ... And that is likely to push back the timeline for butchering and cooking venison for hunters going out in CWD management zones ... dnr.state.mn.us/cwd.
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Increased CWD surveillance planned locally

Lima Ohio 29 Oct 2021
Hardin County is among three north central Ohio counties that have specific regulations for deer hunting concerning chronic wasting disease (CWD) ... Two cases of CWD were found in Wyandot County last deer season, thus a disease surveillance area has been established in response to those cases.
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Minnesota DNR outlines mandatory testing for deer opener in CWD zones

Grand Forks Herald 28 Oct 2021
Thank you to hunters who help combat CWD by submitting samples,” Barbara Keller, big game program leader for the DNR, said in a statement ... Depending on its proximity to known cases of CWD and whether CWD has been found in wild deer, a DPA can be designated as a management, control or surveillance zone ... at mndnr.gov/cwd/index.html.
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New CWD deer detection is close to wild elk range

York Daily Record 27 Oct 2021
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has created a new area in north central Pennsylvania to monitor chronic wasting disease ....
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Mandatory CWD testing required in McDonald, Barry counties this fall

Marietta Daily Journal 26 Oct 2021
Oct. 25—Mandatory sampling of all whitetail deer harvested on the opening day of the modern firearms season, Nov. 13-14, will be required in McDonald and Barry counties. Hunters can take their deer or just the head on the day of ... .
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