“An outbreak could severely impact our cervid populations, in turn impacting ecosystem health and resilience, economies that rely on hunting revenue, and hunting opportunities.” “BHA’s Washington Chapter is concerned about this conservation issue, and we believe it benefits us all to be vigilant about this disease that is close to our doorstep,” said Josh Wilund, Secretary, BHA Washington Chapter. “Early detection will help us better manage the spread of CWD, so we highly encourage hunters to test their deer and elk.”ĬWD has not been found in Washington to date but has been detected as close as Idaho and in 31 states and four Canadian Provinces. The only way to detect the disease early is to test the lymph nodes of harvested animals or salvaged roadkill,” said WDFW ungulate research scientist Melia DeVivo. “Most animals with CWD appear normal until the end stages of the disease. It spreads between animals through bodily fluids and contaminated soil, food, or water. Hunters who submit samples for testing are contributing to the Department’s goal of preventing the spread of the disease and, pending final approval by WDFW’s director, will have their name put into a random drawing for the multi-season tags.ĬWD is a fatal illness of deer, elk, and moose in North America. SPOKANE- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is teaming up with the Washington Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), for a special drawing for multi-season deer tags.īHA helped pay for 100 multi-season deer tags for an incentive program to encourage hunters to submit samples from harvested animals to be tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
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