RUDOLPH, WI (WSAU) – The Wisconsin DNR has confirmed that second wild deer have tested positive for chronic waste disease (CWD) near the town of Rudolph.
The deer was a three-old-doe, and department staff first reported the case.
This will cause the DNR to enact three-year baiting and feeding bans in counties where CWD has been detected and two-year bans in neighboring counties that lie within 10 miles of CWD detection.
A ban will prevent deer from congregating unnaturally around a shared food source where an infected deer can spread CWD through direct contact with healthy deer.
The Wisconsin DNR began monitoring the state’s wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999. The first positive was found in 2002.
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