Deer experts say once CWD shows up, its not going away

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Old Mossy Horns
The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Deer Farmers Association and the Iowa Deer Farmers Association, featured Dr. James Kroll, professor emeritus of forest wildlife management at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, and Dr. Clifford F. Shipley, of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

Neither pulled their punches when asked what the future holds for southeastern Minnesota now that eight wild deer have tested positive for CWD.

"It's endemic," Shipley said. "It's in the wild population. The genie is out of the bottle. Maybe you can eradicate it here for five years. Or 10 years. Or 20. But it's coming back. I can unequivocally guarantee that."

Kroll agreed. "Eradication has never worked," he said. "Ten years from now, the situation is not going to have changed much at all."


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JJWise

Twelve Pointer
A few counties back home were found to have CWD. The West Virginia Division of Natural resources has handled it very well but it hasn't been eliminated and no one expects it ever will. They regulate the deer carcasses than can be taken out of the county and have much stricter hunting regulations in those 4 counties. It's still there but hasn't spread or grown much if any since they discovered it.
 
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