Province takes more steps to combat chronic wasting disease
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The province is taking more actions to prevent the spread of a deadly disease that impacts deer and other wildlife.
The province is taking more actions to prevent the spread of a deadly disease that impacts deer and other wildlife.
Chronic wasting disease was first detected in Manitoba last year in five mule deer along the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
CWD is an incurable, fatal disease that also effects elk moose and caribou.
And while no additional cases have been detected, the province is expanding what’s called a mandatory sample submission zone, which requires hunters in certain areas to provide samples of their harvested animal for testing.
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And a strictly regulated and managed mule deer hunting season will be established.
Both changes will take place along the western and southern borders of Manitoba.
“Additional longer-term measures are needed to prevent any further spread,” said Maria Arlt of the province’sNatural Resources and Northern Development Branch.
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