Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Press Release

DNR Confirms CWD In Wild Deer Harvested In Monroe County

Baiting And Feeding Bans Renewed For Monroe County

By - Jan 11th, 2022 04:21 pm

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms two wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Monroe County during the fall 2021 hunting season. The two deer were adult bucks harvested in the towns of Ridgeville and Glendale. These are the first confirmed wild positive cases of CWD in Monroe County.

As required by state law, the DNR enacts three-year baiting and feeding bans in counties where CWD has been detected and two-year bans in adjoining counties that lie within 10 miles of a CWD detection. Following state law, the DNR will renew a three-year baiting and feeding ban in Monroe County.

Baiting or feeding deer encourages them to congregate unnaturally around a shared food source where sick deer can spread CWD through direct contact with healthy deer or by leaving behind infectious prions in their bodily secretions.

More information regarding baiting and feeding regulations and CWD in Wisconsin is available here.

The DNR asks deer hunters in Monroe county to assist with efforts to identify where CWD occurs. Those harvesting deer within 10 miles of the newly detected positive case are especially encouraged to have their harvested adult deer tested for CWD. Collecting CWD samples is essential for assessing where and to what extent CWD occurs in deer across the state.

Information on how to have deer tested during the 2021-2022 hunting seasons is available here.

The DNR will hold a virtual informational meeting on Thursday, Feb. 3 from 6-8 p.m. to discuss CWD in Monroe County. Members of the public are invited to attend this meeting and will have the opportunity to provide input.

CWD is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease of deer, moose, elk and reindeer/caribou. It belongs to the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases. The Wisconsin DNR began monitoring the state’s wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999. The first positives were found in 2002.

MEETING DETAILS

WHAT: CWD In Monroe County

WHEN: 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3, 2022

WHERE: Join by Zoom here.

Join by phone: 833-548-0282, Meeting ID: 818 9196 0967

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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