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Welcome to the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance's
web site.
This site is a joint project of the Boone and Crockett
Club, Mule Deer Foundation, and Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation. These non-profit wildlife conservation
organizations formed the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance in January
2002 to address CWD. Other organizations have since joined the Alliance.
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The mission of the CWD Alliance is to promote responsible and accurate communications regarding CWD, and to support strategies that effectively control CWD to minimize its impact on wild, free-ranging cervids including deer, elk, and moose.
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The CWD Alliance and
its partner organizations are
committed to providing timely, scientifically accurate information
regarding chronic wasting disease, its impacts on wildlife
and humans, and recommendations for its control. |
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What's New:
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Wisconsin : Washburn County Deer Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
The Department of Natural Resources has announced that chronic wasting disease, CWD for short, was detected in a wild adult doe found on private property just west of Shell Lake in Washburn County. This is the first wild CWD-positive deer to be found in northern Wisconsin and within the Ceded Territory where the Ojibwe Tribes maintain harvest and gathering rights. Learn more... |
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Virginia : VDGIF Recognizes Assistance of Hunters, Reports Two New CWD Positives in Western Frederick County
Not unexpectedly, two new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected very close to where CWD-infected deer were found in 2009 and 2010. Read more... |
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Kansas : Three Kansas Deer Confirmed Positive in Early Stages of CWD Testing
Samples from three white-tailed bucks taken during this year’s hunting season were confirmed positive for CWD in tests completed last week. Read more... |
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Missouri : CWD Found in Two Free-Ranging Deer from Macon County
Two positive results for Chronic Wasting Disease are first for free-ranging deer in Missouri. Read more... |
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Nebraska : CWD Found in Buffalo, Custer, Holt Counties
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has appeared for the first time in Buffalo, Custer and Holt counties, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Read more... |
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Missouri : Depopulation Plan Being Developed for Captive Deer Facility in Macon County
The Missouri Department of Agriculture is finalizing a depopulation and management plan for an approximately 3,000 acre captive wildlife hunting facility in northern Missouri following two positive tests for Chronic Wasting Disease. The facility, operated by Heartland Wildlife Ranches, LLC, is home to white-tail deer, elk and red deer. Read more... |
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Utah : Chronic Wasting Disease in New Area
A deer infected with chronic wasting disease has been found in a new area in Utah. That's not a surprise, though — the new area is next to an area where the disease has been for years. Read more... |
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North Dakota : Another 3F2 Mule Deer Tests Positive for CWD
A mule deer taken from unit 3F2 during opening weekend of the deer gun season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Read more...
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Wyoming : White-Tailed Deer Harvested Near Cody Tests Positive for CWD
A white-tailed deer harvested on Oct. 15 in deer hunt area 165 in the Bighorn Basin has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a brain disease known to affect some deer, elk, and moose. The deer was harvested near the Greybull River. Read more... |
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CWD Update
Read the latest national update |
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