B.C. will kill 25 deer to test of chronic wasting disease in the Kootenay region. It has also begun mandatory testing for the disease of any deer, moose, elk and caribou killed on B.C. roads.

Paul Johnson has the story. – Feb 3, 2024 A limited deer harvest will take place in the Kootenays this year as the province starts testing for chronic wasting disease.

The ministry said Chronic Wasting Disease has never been identified in Ontario, but is now found in 26 U.S. states and the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

Saskatchewan hunters donate more heads for chronic wasting disease testing By CKBI The Canadian Press Posted February 13, 2018 9:11 am Updated February 13, 2018 9:14 am ...

Just last October, Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson boasted there hadn’t been a case of chronic wasting disease in domestic elk in the province in more than a decade, despite testing of more ...

Sask. government targeting selected areas for chronic wasting disease tests Already CWD is present in white-tailed deer in the southern boreal forest region and much of southern Saskatchewan.

A new case of chronic wasting disease, an incurable illness that has the potential to decimate deer populations, has been identified in British Columbia. The B.C. Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Nov ...

The Saskatchewan government wants hunters to help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). To do so, it’s asking them to test their animals before consuming them. The call follows a ...

The B.C. government says it will cull 25 deer in the Kootenay region to test for chronic wasting disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says two deer in the region tested ...

B.C. to kill 25 deer to test for chronic wasting disease in Kootenay region The ministry says the animals will be collected in a 10-kilometre area around where the two diseased animals were found ...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Saskatchewan hunters are submitting more heads to be tested for chronic wasting disease, but a wildlife ecologist says even more are needed to get a clearer picture of the ...