State wildlife officials are strongly opposed to the legislation, which would make all pen-raised deer the personal property ...

Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and ...

Chronic wasting disease has been detected in white-tailed deer in Peoria, Putnam, Marshall and Adams Counties in Illinois, ...

The disease has been found in Putnam, Marshall, Adams and Peoria counties, according to the Illinois Department of Natural ...

Chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness in deer, has spread to Adams and three other Illinois counties, marking its farthest ...

livestock and even humans from direct contact with or environmental contamination from cervids (like deer, elk and moose) that commonly carry the disease. CWD could already be transmitting to ...

CWD was reported in Putnam, Marshall, Adams, and Peoria counties, expanding the geographic presence of the disease in free-ranging deer populations in northern Illinois, the Illinois Department of ...

The Game Commission’s objective was to reduce deer numbers in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) impacted by Chronic Wasting ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a lethal and contagious neurological disorder, is spreading rapidly among wildlife across 36 US states and several other countries. Experts are emphasizing the grave ...