{"id":96544,"date":"2018-09-03T13:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T17:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=96544"},"modified":"2024-08-03T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T01:56:40","slug":"chronic-wasting-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/chronic-wasting-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>States around the country have begun to implement policies designed to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a 100% fatal neurological disorder affecting whitetail deer, moose, and elk.<\/p>\n<p>In Wisconsin, CWD was first detected in 2001, and since then it\u2019s spread to 55 of the state\u2019s 72 counties. The Wisconsin Natural Resource Board passed an emergency rule this month that prohibits transporting a deer carcass out of the county unless it\u2019s going to a commercial meat processor or a taxidermist.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96550\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wisconsin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96550\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-96550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wisconsin-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wisconsin-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wisconsin-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wisconsin.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-96550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chronic Wasting Disease especially affects mature bucks. (<em>Photo: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Facebook<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What it&#8217;s about is restricting the incidental movement of chronic wasting disease, disease agents that could spread it to a new part of the state,&#8221; Jeff Pritzl, Wisconsin Regional Wildlife Biologist, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/content\/news\/Emergency-rule-affects-deer-hunting-in-55-counties-492139641.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local media<\/a>. \u201cThe issue is if someone is doing their home processing, which is a great thing to do, but if they take that deer, and the scraps go out in the back 40, and it was a positive animal, now you&#8217;ve just introduced the disease agent to a new area.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/first-deer-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" rel=\"bookmark\">First Deer of the Year<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Scientists believe CWD is caused by a type of protein known as a prion that attacks the brain of the animal and causes it to stop taking care of itself. Most CWD-affected deer die from dehydration, malnourishment, or exposure. There is no known cure, and it always kills the animals it affects.<\/p>\n<p>States have taken such drastic measures because, according to Pritzl, prions can survive in the environment for up to five years living in the soil and vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania has also implemented a program to stop the spread of the disease after seeing the number of affected deer <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/state\/pennsylvania\/13803789-74\/game-commission-deadly-deer-disease-cases-on-the-rise\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triple from 25 to 78<\/a> between 2016 and 2017. State officials have designated 5,900 square miles in the state\u2019s south-central region as the Disease Management Area, and they\u2019ve imposed strict deer processing regulations for animals harvested in this region. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldnews.com\/story\/news\/2018\/08\/31\/cwd-program-slated-middle-creek-sept-4\/1161341002\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">informational meetings<\/a> for sportsmen who plan to hunt in these areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96546\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96546\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" class=\"size-large wp-image-96546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission-1024x459.jpg\" alt=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" width=\"1024\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Photo-Pennsylvania-Game-Commission.jpg 1214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-96546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink and brown areas denote Disease Management Areas. (<em>Photo: Pennsylvania Game Commission<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.state.mn.us\/cwd\/feedban.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2018\/08\/10\/chronic-wasting-disease-michigan-rules\/37411573\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan<\/a> have imposed deer feeding bans in certain parts of the state, the former covering an 11-county region and the latter covering 16 counties. Michigan has also imposed restrictions on urine-based lures and carcass movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin Michigan, our surveillance has been limited to the southwest region where we know it exists, but we are going to continue to monitor around there to see if we can identify the margins around the disease and minimize as much as possible,\u201d Chad Stewart, a deer biologist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2018\/08\/10\/chronic-wasting-disease-michigan-rules\/37411573\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Game management agencies in a number of other states, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.5280.com\/2018\/08\/fears-rise-as-chronic-wasting-disease-strikes-colorado-deer-herds\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/78-local-news\/35379-informational-meetings-planned-on-chronic-wasting-disease\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illinois<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/post\/texas-deer-industry-bring-concerns-over-chronic-wasting-disease-legislature\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capjournal.com\/news\/gfp-working-on-response-to-deadly-deer-disease\/article_2a219684-ac03-11e8-88c4-57b22a40bbe8.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Dakota<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheridanmedia.com\/news\/gf-confirms-chronic-wasting-disease-found-near-meeteetse100593\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chronic-wasting-disease\" title=\"States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wyoming<\/a>, have all started work combating the disease.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellFreeLocalGA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!\u00a0 All Local Sales Are FREE!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>States around the country have begun to implement policies designed to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a 100% fatal neurological disorder affecting whitetail deer, moose, and elk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":96550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1273,1217,593],"tags":[1207,1276],"featured":[4081],"hunt365":[4089],"class_list":{"0":"post-96544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-huntnews","9":"category-hunt365","10":"category-jordan-michaels","11":"tag-deer","12":"tag-huntnews","13":"featured-row3","14":"hunt365-hunting"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>States Across the Country Fight to Stop the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is threatening the deer populations from Michigan to Colorado. 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