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Chronic wasting disease infects elk feedground in Jackson Hole

Chronic wasting disease has spread to the Horse Creek Feedground, affecting over 1,500 elk, according to state wildlife managers.
A dead adult cow tested positive for chronic wasting disease at the Black Butte Feedground in the Upper Green River basin last week.
Research forecasts that if feeding continues, the elk population could decline by nearly half within 20 years, reaching only 8,300 elk.
Wyoming State Wildlife Veterinarian Sam Allen stated that the Horse Creek Feedground appears to be in the early stages of a chronic wasting disease epidemic.

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One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C.

One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

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Chronic wasting disease infects elk feedground in Jackson Hole

Envato stock image JACKSON, Wyo. (WyoFile) — An always-fatal disease that wildlife biologists expect will diminish northwest Wyoming’s elk population for decades has spread for the first time into the state-run feedgrounds in Jackson Hole. State wildlife managers announced on Monday that they’d detected chronic wasting disease at the Horse Creek Feedground, which has fed and concentrated in close quarters an average of over 1,500 elk during rece…

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B.C. urban deer cull reveals another case of chronic wasting disease

Sample collected from Cranbrook herd has tested positive, the sixth such case of the deadly disease since 2024

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Cranbrook urban deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease

A sample collected from the Cranbrook urban deer herd has tested positive for CWD

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One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C. – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The government culled the animals in Cranbrook and Kimberley last month to determine if the disease was spreading in the urban deer population. Five other cases of chronic wasting have been confirmed in the southeast corner of the province in the last year. The province says chronic wasting dise…

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Washington state nearing decision on chronic wasting disease rules

Olympia – Wildlife officials are getting closer to making a final decision on permanent rules for limiting the spread of chronic wasting disease in Washington, including proposed statewide bans on feeding wildlife and using bait to hunt deer, elk and moose. Hundreds of people across the state have weighed in on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s plans for stemming the spread of the always-fatal disease, and the agency held a public…

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