Chronic Wasting Disease

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Chronic Wasting Disease is a prion disease that infects animals in the cervid family such as deer, elk, and moose. It's possible that hunters and well-meaning humans may be contributing to the disease's spread across the state and the country.

As Colorado's big-game rifle season approaches, state wildlife officials are ramping up monitoring of chronic wasting disease, which continues to spread in deer and elk populations around the state.

Early research out of Yellowstone National Park backs up a working theory that wolf populations may be an effective way to control the spread of chronic…

Colorado Parks and Wildlife begins testing deer for Chronic Wasting Disease in portions of the state during rifle season this year. It’s a part of the…

Recent testing from state wildlife officials shows about 15 percent of the bucks in what's known as the White River deer herd are infected with the…