A bill repealing the ban on hunting and trapping on Sundays has been approved by both chambers of the state General Assembly and is awaiting action by Gov. Josh Shapiro. House Bill 1431, which would ...

Jennifer Jones and the bull elk locked eyes. She immediately regretted it. “I held eye contact with it for at least a couple ...

The most recent case — a red deer from a deer farm in Wayne County — was confirmed by a USDA lab this spring after it was ...

Maryland DNR has detected chronic wasting disease in a Howard Co. deer for the 1st time. A DNR expert spoke with Patch about ...

Scientists estimate that when chronic wasting disease prevalence reaches between 7% and 13%, elk populations will decline. Prevalence in western Wyoming elk is thought to be less than 1%.

That’s really our biggest concern: it spreading to areas we don’t know about.” As of this year, Washington has documented five confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease within state boundaries.

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...

Chronic wasting disease has been associated with population declines in free-ranging deer populations, and federal agencies have already spent more than $300 million on CWD efforts since the turn ...

Kansas wildlife officials plan a public meeting next week in St. Francis to discuss chronic wasting disease and the strategies the department is taking to assess deer health in the area.

Nugent also claimed that the DNR and the Michigan Natural Resources Commission have abdicated their “moral duty” by violating ...

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery ...