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		2004 2003 December 2002 to October 2002 State-of-the-art incinerator used to dispose of deer remains Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 9/30/02 Archery season opens on Tuesday Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - 9/30/02 Doubt haunts start of deer hunt The Toledo Blade - 9/29/02 Kentucky deer and elk healthy for upcoming fall hunt Daily News (Kentucky) - 9/29/02 Hunters' dilemma: Fear of disease prompts some to give up eating wild game, other meats Bozeman Daily Chronicle - 9/29/02 A little more like it The Ely Echo (Minnesota) - 9/29/02 No link found between brain disease, game But victim's family faults deer meat The Denver Post - 9/29/02 Parks, trails and wildlife all face possible DNR budget cuts Star Tribune - 9/29/02 DNR staff down to 80 here now The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/28/02 Pair of deer show no sign of disease The Advocate (Louisiana) - 9/28/02 Elk farmer more concerned about CWD in deer population The Park Rapids Enterprise - 9/27/02 State bans game imports to protect deer herds Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia) - 9/27/02 Killing of Aitkin elk herd begins – Industry moves to eradicate CWD Aitkin Independent Age (Minnesota) - 9/25/02 Landowners, food shelves involved in CWD testing Aitkin Independent Age (Minnesota) - 9/25/02 12 elk from Aitkin County farm free of CWD The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/25/02 AITKIN, MINN.: 1st deer, elk test negative for disease St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/25/02 CWD tests from 10 Aitkin deer turn up negative Star Tribune - 9/25/02 Gene Change Protects Mice from Mad Cow-Like Disease Reuters Health - 9/24/02 Dominant-negative inhibition of prion replication in transgenic mice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 10.1073/pnas.182425299 Early deer tests: No CWD so far The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/24/02 Wheat Ridge firm may have non-fatal CWD test Rocky Mountain News - 9/24/02 Wheat Ridge firm claims CWD test for live animals The Denver Post - 9/24/02 New tests hold promise - Saliva, tonsil testing could take waste out of wasting disease The Daily Camera - 9/24/02 State to enlist hunters' help in checking deer for disease Evansville Courier & Press (Indiana) - 9/24/02 Wildlife commission to check for Chronic Wasting Disease The Daytona Beach News-Journal - 9/24/02 Gloves, caution in eating prey urged - Hunters warned of West Nile, wasting disease El Paso Times - 9/24/02 Top 10 things not to do this deer season The Bend Bulletin (Oregon) - 9/23/02 Hemorrhagic disease hits deer herd Winston-Salem Journal - 9/22/02 This could be the biggest deer story of the decade Press-Republican (New York) - 9/22/02 Minnesota explores possibility of hunter-requested testing Duluth News Tribune - 9/22/02 Changed reaction: Minnesota, Wisconsin hunters respond to CWD differently than their western counterparts Duluth News Tribune - 9/22/02 Louisiana CWD update The Times-Picayune - 9/22/02 Diseases leave hunters wary The Indianapolis Star - 9/22/02 The CWD-human link: Is there one? - Some doctors think it's premature to rule it out and caution hunters The Green Bay News-Chronicle - 9/22/02 Cut with Caution: How to safely field dress deer - "Problematic for most hunters concerned about CWD will be understanding that lymph nodes in a deer are widely dispersed and probably can't be wholly avoided in the field-dressing process Star Tribune - 9/22/02 U lab will test for wasting disease - University of Minnesota veterinary laboratory St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/22/02 Aitkin landowners join DNR shooters St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/22/02 Hunting for answers - A deer-rich state struggles with an outbreak of chronic wasting disease in its herd Rutland Herald (Vermont) - 9/22/02 Vt. imposes moratorium on Western deer carcasses Rutland Herald (Vermont) - 9/22/02 Editorial: Deer hunting / Be neither foolhardy nor full of fear Star Tribune - 9/21/02 Biotech firm studies 'live' test for CWD - Technique uses DNA in blood to ID disease in elk Rocky Mountain News - 9/21/02 Elk ranching goes bust - CWD threat prompts the killing of hundreds of animals Star-Herald - 9/20/02 Nebraska to euthanize 900 elk to control CWD - USDA will reimburse elk herd owners in voluntary project Rocky Mountain News - 9/20/02 Prion research stepped up as fear grows of deer disease Nature 418, 576 (2002) at the Mad Cow Disease board - grave error in Nature 'Mad deer' clouds hunting season Duluth Budgeteer News - 9/20/02 Food shelf, landowners to take CWD-tested venison The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/20/02 Chronic wasting disease may be spreading United Press International - 9/20/02 GeneThera Schedules Press News Conference to Launch 'Live Test' For Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) PR Newswire - 9/20/02 All elk on Aitkin farm where CWD found will be killed Star Tribune - 9/20/02 DNR to warn bird hunters of potential West Nile risk Star Tribune - 9/20/02 Elk growers highlight the positive The Western Producer - 9/19/02 Process to kill Aitkin elk to begin - U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay Lueck for herd The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/19/02 CWD brings new experiences for DNR International Falls Daily Journal - 9/19/02 State To Euthanize Entire Elk Herd - Herd Included Elk That Suffered From Chronic Wasting Disease Channel 400 (Minnesota) - 9/19/02 No Wisconsin Venison Should be Consumed - DEER TESTS POSITIVE ON HUNTING PRESERVE IN PORTAGE COUNTY WISCONSIN John Stauber - 9/19/02 Stauber editorial package on CWD - Article: Chronic Wasting Disease Might Kill Humans, Too - RealPlayer Public Service Announcement www.mediaforum.org (RealPlayer Clips & Word files) Magazine does disservice with sensational take on deer disease The Austin American-Statesman - 9/19/02 Deer Hunting at Risk in the Heartland - Did deer feed introduce chronic wasting disease to Wisconsin Outdoor Life - September 2002 NE - Hundreds of domestic elk killed to control disease Lincoln Journal Star - 9/19/02 Food shelf, landowners to accept CWD-tested venison Cottonwood County Citizen (Minnesota) - 9/19/02 Oh deer, no new elk due - Herd in Smokies healthy enough for study's finish Knoxville News-Sentinel - 9/19/02 Mysterious disease a reason for concern, not panic The Daily Tribune (Minnesota) - 9/18/02 Nevada officials step up deer, elk testing Reno Gazette-Journal - 9/18/02 SUMMER FIELD REPORT: Hunting keeps pace St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/18/02 State commission approve CWD plan Casper Star-Tribune - 9/18/02 No bull: Broad vocal range rewards mate-seeking elk The Denver Post - 9/18/02 Judge dismisses 6-year-old suit against Oprah over beef HoustonChronicle - 9/17/02 Wildlife managers watch for sick deer The Journal Online (Maryland) - 9/17/02 Minnesota firearm deer-hunting license sales lag, but other categories up Star Tribune - 9/17/02 State commission approves CWD plan The Billings Gazette - 9/17/02 Web Service Rides Herd eweek.com - 9/16/02 Genesis Bioventures announces USDA Review of Mad Cow Test - "...the USDA reported that it would be testing twice as many cattle for BSE than were tested last year...12,500 compared to 5,200 last year. - "40 million head of cattle are slaughtered every year in the entire United States" Meat and Poultry Online - 9/16/02 Disease fears could keep deer hunters at home The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/16/02 Latest update from Dr. Morrison - "Testimony of a former deer hauler who has turned states evidence... hauled numerous loads of illegal deer and elk" Pennsylvania CWD forum - 9/16/02 Deer meat safe to eat, experts say Stevens Point Journal - 9/15/02 Biologists to check deer for wasting disease - "The families of the victims will tell you that it's a struggle to diagnose CJD, that it is often mistaken for other forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease." Hoosier Times - 9/15/02 Deadly deer disease detected in Midwest Centre Daily (Pennsylvania) - 9/15/02 Threat of disease becomes a focus The Oregonian - 9/15/02 William Souder: A new danger in the hunt Star Tribune - 9/15/02 Unsettling week afield - It was a grim task of culling deer near Aitkin, Minn., to test for chronic wasting disease last week, but the plan has gone smoothly, DNR officials say St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/15/02 Aitkin deer kill tally is 50 after first week of shooting Star Tribune - 9/15/02 Will fear of disease put a crimp in deer hunting this year? Star Tribune - 9/15/02 State still hunts deer for tests - Officials have no signs of Chronic Wasting Disease yet The Advocate, Capital City Press - 9/15/02 Chronic wasting disease is perplexing as ever Syracuse Post-Standard - 9/15/02 Hearts Heavy, Hunters Stalk Ailing Deer The New York Times - 9/14/02 (registration required) or here Death not linked to deer disease Mondovi man took part in game feasts Leader-Telegram - 9/14/02 Minnesota's deer season opens Nov. 9 (firearms) Star Tribune - 9/14/02 Disease throws a cloud over deer season - Maryland goes on alert over deadly ailment The Baltimore Sun - 9/13/02 DNR asks deer hunters for help in upcoming season Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 9/13/02 Test for CWD in humans turns up negative Star Tribune - 9/13/02 CWD expert vouches for safety of venison Star Tribune - 9/13/02 Chronic wasting disease ruled out in hunter's death - Experts still investigating 2 others at wild game feast who died of brain illness Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 9/12/02 DNR reports deer kill going as expected The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/12/02 DNR officers hunt down CWD evidence Mankato Free Press - 9/12/02 Spread of deer illness prompts test in state The Courier-Journal (Indiana) - 9/12/02 Hunt farm operator opens gates to elk herds The Western Producer - 9/12/02 Research on elk antler benefits denied grant The Western Producer - 9/12/02 CWD shadow hangs over deer population Cottonwood County Citizen (Minnesota) - 9/12/02 DNR kills 30 deer in search for disease Duluth News Tribune - 9/12/02 MINNESOTA'S PLANS - What the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' plans are regarding chronic wasting disease: St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/12/02 Buck fever? - Deer hunters are unsure about the effect of chronic wasting disease on the upcoming season. St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/12/02 It's time to plant seeds for deer season Houston Chronicle - 9/11/02 Disease means ‘big waste’of elk herd, for family of farmers in Aitkin County Aitkin Independent Age - 9/11/02 DNR begins Aitkin area deer kill - Goal is to seek out chronic wasting disease The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/11/02 Dennis Anderson: Cloud hangs over Minnesota's deer Star Tribune - 9/11/02 CWD discovered in Minnesota Paynesville Press - 9/11/02 Pleasant Valley Elk Ranch under quarantine Sauk Centre Herald - 9/11/02 Hunters say they're not concerned by wasting disease The Pioneer - 9/11/02 Area processors concerned about deer disease Washington Evening Journal (Iowa) - 9/11/02 Common disease, not CWD, killing a few whitetails The Toledo Blade - 9/11/02 Aiming for a diagnosis - Officers kill seven deer on first night afield Duluth News Tribune - 9/10/02 DNR begins shooting deer to test for CWD International Falls Daily Journal - 9/10/02 Deer, elk slaughter given thumbs up The Globe and Mail - 9/10/02 Man's death from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease poses questions The Macon Telegraph - 9/10/02 DNR begins shooting Aitkin County deer to test for wasting disease Star Tribune - 9/10/02 NE - Federal officials OK negotiating captive elk destruction Lincoln Journal Star - 9/10/02 S.D. Plans More Chronic Wasting Tests Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - 9/10/02 Bureaucratic complications lead to spread of chronic wasting disease Erie Times-News - 9/9/02 KU Med doctor has theory about cause of brain disease The Kansas City Star - 9/9/02 more on spiroplasma on the research page DNR-run deer kill begins today Star Tribune - 9/9/02 Disease heats up debate on pen-raised deer The News-Star (Louisiana) - 9/9/02 Diseased deer crisis was declared over, prematurely The Times-Picayune (Louisiana) 9/8/02 Oklahoma deer could still have chronic disease The Oklahoman - 9/8/02 Elk and deer farmers weigh in on regulating spread of deadly disease Centre Daily (Pennsylvania) - 9/8/02 Officials seek help in testing deer The Indianapolis Star - 9/8/02 TP&W eyes new CWD rules - Texas Parks & Wildlife Department suspends its ban on the import of deer and elk into the state San Antonio Express-News - 9/8/02 CWD Surveillance Statistics Texas (total testing figures less than 50 in two years) Terry S. Singeltary - 8/25/02 Disease brings worries - 38 deer brought into the state from Minnesota The Advocate, Capital City Press - 9/8/02 Did bad meat kill elk hunter? - Autopsy to reveal whether Mont. man died of mad cow Rocky Mountain News - 9/7/02 FW: Erroneous Assumption About CWD, nvCJD/ From: John Stauber - This article makes an erroneous assumption: that if CWD were killing people their brains would look exactly like the human victims of mad cow disease, nvCJD. WRONG ! CWD is not BSE. No one knows exactly what CWD would look like in humans, but it would probably resemble sporadic or classic CJD. These hunters aren't hunting British cows! BSE and CWD are completely different strains of TSE. DNR to begin deer kill on Aitkin farm Monday - Chronic wasting disease prompts culling operation The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/6/02 Meat lockers worry about deer disease - Some butchers refuse to handle venison due to chronic wasting disease. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - 9/6/02 Committee extends emergency rules on Wisconsin elk, deer farms Star Tribune - 9/6/02 2 more Minnesota elk farms quarantined Star Tribune - 9/6/02 DNR outlines deer plans to 400 in Aitkin St Paul Pioneer Press - 9/6/02 Wildlife chief says agency should run deer management The News-Star (Louisiana) - 9/6/02 Biologists battling to protect penned deer, elk from disease The Advocate, Capital City Press - 9/6/02 Texas Borders Reopened for Importing Black-Tailed Deer & Elk Texas Animal Health Commission - 9/5/02 State official downplays worries on deer disease The Decatur Daily (Alabama) - 9/5/02 State to test deer for chronic wasting disease St. Petersburg Times - 9/5/02 Minnesota DNR to kill, test deer near Aitkin County elk farm Star Tribune - 9/5/02 CWD found in Minnesota - "...scientists could come to the same conclusion (mad cow disease from beef) about chronic wasting disease, though it could take as long as 15 years. The Swift County Monitor - 9/5/02 Feuding agencies cut 'mad-deer' deal The Advocate, Capital City Press - 9/5/0 Reward Offered to Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease Chattanoogan - 9/4/02 Initial testing for wildlife disease slow The Daily Sentinel (Colorado) - 9/4/02 2 area elk herd quarantined St. Cloud Times - 9/4/02 DNR to shoot deer in Aitkin area in disease probe The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 9/4/02 Officials calm hunters’ fears - Ready to hunt after experts reiterate disease can’t be passed to humans The Aitkin Independent Age - 9/4/02 Disease won't stop most hunters - Aitkin residents line up for deer permits after diagnosis Duluth News Tribune - 9/4/02 State to start monitoring for chronic wasting in deer The Tuscaloosa News - 9/4/02 Disease-exposed elk herd to be euthanized today - "Officials said earlier they were surprised to learn the herd had dropped from a high of 150 animals to 74." The Oklahoman - 8/4/02 Hunters urged to help stop spread of wasting disease The Augusta Chronicle - 9/4/02 Oklahoma Herd To Be Destroyed - 74 Elk Diagnosed With 'Mad Deer Disease' Channel Oklahoma - 9/3/02 Scientist: Wasting Disease still not a problem in Southeast The Knoxville News-Sentinel - 9/3/02 MDNR tracks wasting disease The Ironwood Daily Globe - 9/3/02 Brain Disease Rises in Deer, Scaring Hunters The New York Times - 9/3/02 (registration required) or here Some meat processors have deer-disease fears The Des Moines Register - 9/2/02 Land group disputes report on Yellowstone's elk Rocky Mountain News - 9/2/02 Fischer says CWD is not a problem in Tennessee yet The Knoxville News-Sentinel - 9/1/02 Fear of chronic wasting disease leads to advisory for hunters - Caution urged on out-of-state game The Olympian (Washington) - 9/1/02 Imported deer spur probe for infection - Shipment not certified as free of fatal disease The New Orleans Times-Picayune - 8/31/02 Chronic problem: Disease doing damage to deer herd CentreDaily (Pennsylvania)- 8/31/02 Infected Aitkin elk was bought in Stearns County The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 8/31/02 Do your part and shoot a doe; local deer to be tested for CWD The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 8/31/02 Captive elk dies in Aitkin Duluth News Tribune - 8/31/02 Chronic wasting disease found in Minnesota Star Tribune - 8/31/02 NH looks to contain spread of deer disease The Union Leader - 8/31/02 Vermont Moves To Prevent Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease The Caledonian-Record News - 8/30/02 Missouri program targets CWD monitoring The Daily Statesman - 8/30/02 CWD threatens traditional tribal deer hide tanning practice The Daily Press - 8/30/02 Don't feed deer - Vigilance about chronic wasting disease justifies a feeding ban The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 8/30/02 State to monitor deer for disease Houston Chronicle - 8/29/02 Seattle firm working on field test for CWD Green Bay Press-Gazette - 8/29/02 Pat Durkin column: Nugent speaks out on CWD Green Bay Press-Gazette - 8/29/02 Feed loan sought by elk growers The Western Producer - 8/29/02 Park Service kills deer for study The Herald-Mail (Maryland) - 8/28/02 State locates CWD testing stations in NW Minnesota Thief River Falls Times - 8/28/02 Venison butchers may have spread wasting disease to deer hunters Ledger-Enquirer - 8/28/02 Colorado butchers have 30 years experience with deer disease Ledger-Enquirer - 8/28/02 Couple must cope with news that their deer was diseased Ledger-Enquirer - 8/28/02 When Bambi Goes Bad - "Wisconsin is moving to designate one or possibly two rendering companies to collect all of the deer byproducts" Meatnews.com - 8/27/02 Conservationists work to control disease - Changes to deer and elk regulations have been approved Standard Democrat (Missouri) - 8/27/02 Michigan to monitor threat of disease Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 8/27/02 Archery deer hunt not far off Ironwood Daily Globe - 8/26/02 CWD testing - Deer hunters should comply with DNR's requests to test deer The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 8/26/02 Manitoba expands ban on cervid baiting Canadagriculture - 8/26/02 Wisconsin orders deer eradication in region to prevent spread of disease The Kansas City Star - 8/25/02 Deer feeding and carcass transport bans proposed to fight CWD Star Tribune - 8/25/02 Stop playing politics with CWD funds LovelandFYI - 8/24/02 Chronic Wasting Disease Concerns in Georgia - DNR Bans Importation of Deer Chattanoogan - 8/24/02 DNR wants to ban deer feeding, tighten rules on importing meat Star Tribune - 8/24/02 Ag, wildlife officials concerned about CWD The Hastings Star Gazette - 8/23/02 Chronic wasting disease is a problem that can't be ignored The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 8/23/02 DNR proposes ban on deer feeding in Minnesota to combat CWD St Paul Pioneer Press - 8/23/02 CWD tests come back negative The Western Producer - 8/22/02 140 elk to be slaughtered after disease found in S.D. The Denver Post - 8/22/02 IDNR mounts fight vs. disease infecting deer - "surveillance efforts for the disease are being expanded in response to its close proximity to Wisconsin." Suburban Chicago News - 8/22/02 Montreal firm seeks way to protect blood from mad cow disease - "This is a huge problem that's been ignored for many years because there was a lot of skepticism about whether this was causing a human threat" Montreal Gazette - 8/22/02 Texas tackles Chronic Wasting Disease - Parks and Wildlife Department plans to test wild and breeder deer for fatal disease The Austin American-Statesman - 8/22/02 Disease affecting elk not in Kentucky - State imports animals from West, where the problem has surfaced Daily News - 8/22/02 Elk herders try to round up more government support CBC Saskatchewan - 8/21/02 Michigan Hunters - It's Time For a Change Michigan Deer Hunters - 8/21/02 New CWD in South Dakota - "The current CWD animal was from a double-fenced herd, which had been quarantined for 4 years as a precaution..." ProMED - 8/20/02 Minn., Mich. step up testing for wasting disease Scripps Howard News Service - 8/20/02 CDC Is Investigating Possible Human Links Los Angeles Times (registration required) - 8/19/02 or at the Mad Cow Board Wisconsin targets disease with mass deer slaughter Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - 8/19/02 Federal vets baffled about source of wasting disease found in 1 Alta. elk. Edmonton Journal - 8/19/02 Olin works to prevent disease that kills deer The Telegraph (Illinois) - 8/19/02 New Hampshire authorities are worried about a deer disease New Hampshire Sentinal Source - 8/19/02 Hunters should take precautions for chronic wasting disease News 8 Austin - 8/17/02 Chronic wasting disease sparks limits on some meat Burlington Free Press - 8/17/02 Some will opt out of processing deer meat St Paul Pioneer Press - 8/17/02 DNR to test 5,000 deer for CWD this fall Star Tribune - 8/17/02 Minnesota DNR to test 5,000 deer for Chronic Wasting Disease The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 8/16/02 Chronic wasting disease testing stations map Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota to test 5,000 deer this fall - Officials concerned about Wisconsin cases of wasting disease Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 8/16/02 Manitoba expands ban on cervid baiting - "Another new regulation bans possession of any product that contains the urine, feces, saliva or scent glands of a cervid." Canadagriculture - 8/16/02 Details of Plan to test Deer St Paul Pioneer Press - 8/16/02 Elk farm refusal 'common sense': Klein The Western Producer - 8/16/02 Hunters asked to look out for chronic wasting disease The Frisco Enterprise - 8/15/02 Elk farmers 'breaking the law' by releasing herd The Western Producer - 8/15/02 Federal funds to study chronic wasting disease cut Bemidji Pioneer - 8/15/02 Wis. businessman plans own CWD lab The Daily Camera - 8/15/02 No change for state on wasting disease Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - 8/15/02 No answers, but signs of progress - Threats posed by chronic wasting disease at last receive the attention they deserve. Missoulian - 8/14/02 Suffering elk farmers donate meat to foodbank CBC Saskatchewan - 8/14/02 Elk industry works through difficult issues to build markets Farm and Ranch Guide - 8/14/02 States taking steps to protect deer North Jersey - 8/14/02 No sign of mad cow disease found in destroyed water buffaloes Times Colonist (Victoria) - 8/14/02 Buyout sought for drought-stricken Prairie game ranchers Globe and Mail - 8/14/02 Group wants government to pay ranchers Calgary Herald - 8/14/02 Massive Manitoba elk cull unnecessary: officials Toronto Star - 8/13/02 Elk breeders want 15,000 to be destroyed -'They're saying, 'Give us the money or we'll add to the ... environmental disaster' ": Chronic wasting disease: Unless Ottawa pays $60M for animals, they will be freed: ranchers' spokesman National Post - 8/13/02 DNR will act to assess CWD in deer populations Bemidji Pioneer - 8/13/02 Canada better at tracking deadly diseases compared to U.S.:author Calgary Herald - 8/13/02 Ear tag identifiers should now be on sheep, many goats in case of scrapie traceback www.meatingplace.com - 8/12/02 U.P. deer meeing set Ironwood Daily Globe - 8/12/02 Taking the bite out of ticks Star Tribune - 8/12/02 Attacking Squirrel Captured in Ill. The Washington Post - 8/10/02 Outdoors: State must act to stem disease Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 8/11/02 Oregon bans imported deer, elk Mail Tribune - 8/10/02 West Nile seen as less of a threat The Leader-Post - 8/10/02 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies - This web page was created for Veterinary Virology http://duke.usask.ca/ Testing for wasting disease mandatory for farmed elk and deer in Alberta Canadian Press - 8/9/02 Outdoors: DNR tests for CWD - "Deer can swim, and that region is closest to the Wisconsin outbreak." The Globe Gazette - 8/9/02 Mad-cow strain hits Canada The Globe and Mail - 8/9/02 BSE crisis in Britain put officials on the alert - When the vCJD diagnosis was confirmed, authorities in Canada 'were primed' The Globe and Mail - 8/9/02 Waiting begins for former patients - Retiree warned he might contract human form of mad-cow disease after routine abdominal exam The Globe and Mail - 8/9/02 State wary of deadly elk disease Mail Tribune - 8/8/02 Prevention measures against chronic wasting disease hit Pike - "A rule banning the feeding of wild deer and other wildlife in areas where wildlife are present was filed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources..." Pike Press - 8/8/02 Alberta elk tested for CJD-like illness The Globe and Mail - 8/8/02 Man dies of mad cow strain - Health officials caution patients after man had test at city hospital The Star Phoenix - 8/8/02 Saskatchewan man dies from Creutzfeld-Jakob The Globe and Mail - 8/8/02 Canadian man dies from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease CBC News - 8/8/02 Jitters as US hunting season soon underway Reuters - 8/8/02 Game-farm hunting is out in Alberta, Klein caucus says - "The government's decision spells the end of Alberta's struggling game-breeding industry..." The Globe and Mail - 8/8/02 Military joins fight against disease - Money offered to study prions, cause of mad cow, chronic wasting diseases Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 8/8/02 Wyoming rethinks strategy on chronic wasting disease - Officials consider culling mule deer as Colorado has The Daily Camera - 8/8/02 State leads brain disease war - Research put Colorado ahead of curve The Gazette - 8/8/02 Deer disease huge concern for state DEC Poughkeepsie Journal - 8/8/02 Butchers concerned about chronic wasting disease Duluth.com - 8/7/02 New York gearing up to protect its herd The Record - 8/7/02 Apocalypse Now--Chronic Wasting Disease, it's not wasting away... Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine - September 2002 British farmers warn U.S. - "What I would urge American farmers to do is learn the lessons that we have to learn the hard way. Do it the easy way. Take the meat and bone meal out of the feed."..."As far as we can see, you're just a big experiment." Wisconsin Public Television - 8/7/02 RealPlayer Audio - 7 1/2 minutes Wyo. rethinks CWD as cases mount - Colorado fears disease spread The Denver Post - 8/7/02 Experts urge solidarity in chronic wasting disease fight Star Tribune - 8/7/02 Experts expect CWD fears - 2-day conference focuses on fatal deer and elk brain disease The Daily Camera - 8/7/02 Experts Consider How to Stop a Variant of Mad Cow Disease The New York Times - 8/7/02 Jitters as Hunting Season Soon Underway Reuters - 8/6/02 Feds to help fight chronic wasting disease The Billings Gazette - 8/6/02 Deadly Feast: Can Venison Kill You? Time Magazine - 8/6/02 Meat processors worry about chronic wasting disease Lincoln Journal Star - 8/5/02 State Wildlife Agencies Discuss Deer, Elk Disease The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - 8/5/02 CWD spawns symposium - Scientists meeting in Denver to discuss the latest research Rocky Mountain News - 8/5/02 Deer baiting, feeding will end if CWD nears Michigan border Everything Michigan - 8/4/02 Georgia acts to keep out fatal deer disease The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 8/4/02 Meat processors wary of fatal brain disease in deer Star Tribune - 8/4/02 Is federal action imminent over wasting disease? Hoosier Times - 8/4/02 Diseased elk could be set free - Drought-stricken Saskatchewan farms unable to sustain crops to feed herds The Globe and Mail - 8/2/02 State rules to fight deer disease - Department of Natural Resources: Limits import of harvested deer, bans wild feeding Suburban Chicago News - 8/2/02 Regulations rile elk, deer farmers - Klein comments on hunt farms spark demonstration: HUNT FARM PROTEST Edmonton Journal - 8/2/02 Disease could make jump to humans, official says - "(University of Wyoming professor of veterinary science Beth Williams) said it could take up to 30 years, or maybe more, for the disease to mutate into a form that could afflict people." Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - 8/2/02 Author John Stauber: 'CWD can kill people' Spooner Advocate - 8/2/02 Stauber to Spooner Advocate - 8/2/02 Prairie elk breeders try to save starving herds - "...there's word some breeders are planning to set their elk free rather than watch them starve." CTV News - 8/2/02 Elk farmers working hard to keep CWD out of Minnesota Star Tribune - 8/2/02 Albertans for Public Wildlife: Leaked Memo Reveals True Agenda Behind Today's Game Rancher Protest in Edmonton CCN Matthews - 8/1/02 Out-of-state carcasses banned Chicago Sun-Times - 8/1/02 Conservationist disputes eBay's listing of game farm hunt as sporting activity Missoulian - 8/1/02 Who is to Blame for Mad Deer? The Progressive - August 2002 DNR Tests Iowa Deer For Chronic Wasting Disease Iowa Outdoors - 7/31/02 CDC: Wisconsin Deaths May Be Linked to Deer Disease Reuters Health - 7/31/02 Game and Fish: Leave fawns alone Farmington Daily Times - 7/31/02 Disease prompts ban to protect state deer, elk Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 7/31/02 Perspective by Meat Processing North American Edition Editor Steve Bjerklie - "It is quite likely that whenever a CWD policy is developed and written, it will be the handiwork of political leaders... rather than scientists, processors, sportsmen, and professional regulators." Meat Processing News Online - 7/30/02 Disease hitting Midwest spurs ban on deer importing to Pa. Centre Daily Times - 7/30/02 Hunters avoiding infected deer Chicago Sun-Times - 7/30/02 A glimpse at the disease The Daily Camera - 7/30/02 Possible county link to game consumption, fatal brain disease Barron News Shield - 7/29/02 Officials say chronic wasting disease is threat to deer herd South Bend Tribune - 7/29/02 Doomed animals leave - Long battle over water buffaloes and mad cow disease has ended Times Colonist (Victoria) - 7/27/02 Maine watches for fatal disease - Brain illness can infect whitetail deer Maine Today - 7/27/02 CWD not ruled out as cause of hunter’s death Missoula Independent - 7/26/02 Public should know perils of disease Rocky Mountain News - 7/25/02 Game farms tied to rise in elk disease The Billings Gazette - 7/25/02 Penned-game hunters snare attention Calgary Sun - 7/24/02 Wildlife groups criticize hunting farms Calgary Herald - 7/23/02 Latest News & Updates on CWD Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - 7/22/02 Wildlife officials preparing for mad deer disease in Minnesota Star Tribune - 7/22/02 Neglect turns into blood sport in the Rockies Writers on the Range - 7/22/02 Agriculture News: Euro-Biotech, Chronic Wasting Disease, Peanut Allergies VOA news - 7/21/02 Minnesota on alert for chronic wasting disease The Winona Daily News - 7/20/02 Mad Deer Disease Science and Technology News Network - 7/19/02 Chronic Wasting Disease on Game Farms - Costs Over $100 Million CCN Matthews - 7/19/02 Tom Pringle's feedback on testing... Tom Pringle - 7/18/02http://www.mad-cow.org/ Iowa deer test negative for chronic wasting disease Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter - 7/17/02 Department of Defense National Prion Research Program U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command & Fort Detrick Public Affairs Marketing Office, Fort Detrick, Maryland Animal lab officials seek more funds The State News - 7/15/02 Deer, elk to be tested for disease - "There are approximately 900,000 whitetail deer in Kentucky..." The Courier-Journal - 7/14/02 State wildlife board will consider elk ban - "Oregon would become the 18th state or Canadian province to ban domestic elk importation..." Mail Tribune - 7/13/02 To curb disease, state blocks deer, elk imports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/13/02 New CWD Site Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance Wasting Disease tests are negative The Austin American-Statesman - 7/11/02 Water buffaloes get date with death - Federal officials to pick up animals Monday for slaughter Times Colonist (Victoria) - 7/11/02 State pursues training for wasting tests - "New Mexico will apparently be the first state to use the tonsil technique in the field." The Albuquerque Tribune - 7/11/02 Ignoring the Obvious: Infected Feed Could Spread CWD John Stauber - 7/11/02 The Upsides of CWD - "...when life hands you a lemon, make lemonade!" deerfarmer.com - July, 2002 Guest Opinion: Neglect turns into blood sport in the Rockies The Billings Gazette - 7/11/02 Mexican wolves may have pups - "...Fish and Wildlife personnel are feeding two wolf packs in the New Mexico Gila Wilderness and one in Arizona with potentially infected carcasses," Eastern Arizona Courier - 7/11/02 Sask. wildlife officials fear new CWD source may exist - Elk killed after new infection found on P.A.-area hunt farm The StarPhoenix - 7/9/02 Iowa deer test negative for chronic wasting disease Lincoln Journal Star - 7/9/02 Neogen Releases First Feed Test for FDA-Banned Materials PRNewswire - 7/8/02 The slow learners are in charge Ely Echo - 7/7/02 Key deer a little too at home as numbers rise in Big Pine The Miami Herald - 7/7/02 Ron Henry Strait: CWD fight requires planning, education San Antonio Express-News - 7/7/02 Emergency ban on deer/elk importing Arizona Daily Sun - 7/5/02 Elk ranching beset by concerns of disease The Lawrence Journal-World - 7/5/02 Wes' Side Story: No mass slaughter; officials explore options Santa Fe New Mexican - 7/4/02 Kansas deer test negative for chronic wasting disease - The ailment has struck in nearby states, and concern is growing nationally The Wichita Eagle - 7/3/02 ODOW to test for Chronic Wasting Disease in deer killed in state The Plain Dealer - 7/1/02 A&M scientists to test deer for wasting disease - Scientists at Texas A&M University's veterinary laboratory will conduct tests for chronic wasting disease Monday on six white-tailed deer, including one picked up in San Marcos. The Austin American-Statesman - 6/30/02 Demko: Mysterious disease affects deer, elk herds - "...(Pennsylvania's) agency officials are planning to do more testing this fall by sampling 500 hunter-killed deer taken from various areas of the state." The Express-Times - 6/30/02 OUTDOORS REPORT: Antlerless permits increased St Paul Pioneer Press - 6/30/02 Desperate deer - Chronic wasting disease poses major threat to herds Ledger-Enquirer - 6/30/02 Georgia may ban imports of deer - Officials want to keep chronic wasting disease outside borders Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - 6/29/02 Wyoming looked to for CWD info Lincoln Journal Star - 6/29/02 Task force asks state to close borders to imported deer Athens Banner-Herald - 6/29/02 We must aggressively stalk deer disease The Albuquerque Tribune - 6/29/02 Chronic, sure, but why is it widespread? - Little consensus on cause of CWD's explosion in U.S. The Daily Camera - 6/29/02 San Marcos deer being tested for CWD San Antonio Express-News - 6/29/02 Up to $75 million sought for CWD fight - Federal funds would aid states Denver Post Online - 6/27/02 USDA, INTERIOR DELIVER CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO CONGRESS www.aphis.usda.gov USDA IMPLEMENTS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE PROGRAM www.aphis.usda.gov Plan for Assisting States, Federal Agencies, and Tribes in Managing Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild and Captive Cervids www.aphis.usda.gov - 6/26/02 New killer malady on the loose - U.S. slow to react to contagious outbreak that now threatens Rocky Mountain region The Detroit News - 6/26/02 Mad cow makes leap from livestock - Variant of bovine illness defied scientists, broke species barrier to fatally infect humans The Detroit News - 6/26/02 Wasting disease threatens wildlife - Mysterious affliction reduces elk and deer population The Detroit News - 6/26/02 Wasting disease probe prompts slew of questions The Albuquerque Tribune - 6/22/02 The game is afoot - Unprecedented study attempts to unravel mysterious decline in calf elk numbers Missoulian - 6/21/02 Disease threatens hunt turnout The Albuquerque Tribune - 6/21/02 N.M. Deer Has With Wasting Disease Guardian Unlimited - 6/20/02 Wasting disease is found in N.M. - Emergency declared as deer tests positive Denver Post Online - 6/20/02 Proximity of CWD case concerns wildlife officials Houston Chronicle - 6/20/02 N.M. officials baffled by first case of CWD Rocky Mountain News - 6/20/02 New Mexico mule deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease Gazette Extra - 6/20/02 Mule deer at WSMR found to have wasting disease Las Cruces Sun-News - 6/20/02 Deer With Wasting Disease Found in N.M. The Salt Lake Tribune - 6/20/02 Wasted wildlife: Game farms provide ideal conditions to spread chronic wasting disease - "For 10 years before mad cow disease killed people in Great Britain, government officials assured the public that there was no human threat. Now, we're told, chronic wasting disease poses no threat to humans. Panic is unnecessary, but skepticism is justified." Montana biologists warned us about game farms 10 years ago Headwaters News - 6/19/02 Chronic wasting disease found in NM deer KOB-TV - 6/19/02 N.M. mule deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease Carlsbad Current-Argus - 6/19/02 New Mexico Deer Tests Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease New Mexico Department of Game and Fish - 6/19/02 Keeping the Mad Cows at Bay - Veterinarian Linda A. Detwiler helps to ensure that a fatal brain disease that can afflict humans doesn't appear in U.S. cattle. It can be a thankless task Scientific American - 2/17/02 Page 2 Elk, oryx tags available for testing compliance Daily Times - 6/13/02 Rare Disease Cited In UPMC Patient's Death - Health Department Says Transmission Risk Is Low The Pittsburgh Channel - 6/13/02 Creutzfeldt-Jakob death prompts letters to UPMC neurosurgery patients Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 6/13/02 Mississippi issues emergency ban on deer, elk importation The Picayune Item - 6/12/02 No magic bullet for wasting disease - Critics assail slaughter of elk, deer as strategy against CWD High Country News - 6/10/02 Fear of mad-cow disease prompted search for 20 cattle - "The cattle had entered Canada through the United States in the mid- to late 1990s, and Canadian officials were informed of their presence only after the discovery last August of a diseased cow in Japan." The Globe and Mail - 6/10/02 State bans deer feeding in UP near Wisconsin Detroit Free Press - 6/8/02 The Rendering Industry: Economic Impact of Future Feeding Regulations PDF file - 466kb from The National Renderers Association Canada finds another deer with chronic wasting disease Forbes.com - Reuters - 6/6/02 North Dakota boosts efforts to protect its herds Rocky Mountain News - 6/6/02 Deer Baiting - Health concerns warrant a ban of most feeding Detroit Free Press - 6/6/02 Elk farms have led Colorado to begin slaughtering its wild herds Writers On The Range Govt. response to CWD marked by denial, delay Scripps Howard News Service - 6/5/02 Baiting ban may result from threat to deer herd Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - 6/5/02 New reason for hope - Fight against bovine TB in cattle, wildlife is showing signs of success Bay City Times - 6/2/02 Herd, and Not Seen - Something Is Killing Elk Reintroduced in Park The Washington Post - 6/1/02 State's progress on CWD mixed - "...Department game wardens stopped a truck and trailer......11 charges of shipping white-tailed deer without a permit..." The Houston Chronicle - 6/1/02 TSE Threat to USA Increases, Aguzzi Warns of CWD Danger to Humans Nature - May 2002 The Facts About CWD From One Of The World's Leading Experts - "...CWD jumped to mule deer, then to elk, and then to white-tailed deer. The theoretical significance is that with each jump one expects its infectivity to increase" Wisconsin Deer Hunters Association - 3/28/02 Killer in the Herds - "In one 800-acre pen in Nebraska, half the whitetails contracted CWD, a staggering rate of great concern to biologists. These numbers particularly alarm officials in Wisconsin, where a massive herd of 1.5 million whitetails crowds the state's woodlands." Rocky Mountain News - 6/1/02 Harvard study relieves cattlemen, draws fire Rocky Mountain News - 6/1/02 New Blood Donor Limits Take Effect Friday Reuters - 5/31/02 ERIC SHARP: Ban feeding, baiting before it's too late Detroit Free Press - 5/30/02 Bovine Bioterrorism: The Perfect Pathogen www.vegsource.com - 2002 Deer in danger Boston Globe - 5/27/2002 Spreading 'Mad Deer' Plague The Wall Street Journal - 5/24/02 House Subcommittees Address Chronic Wasting Disease Safari Club International - May 2002 Testimony to US House by Govs and CWD Experts http://resourcescommittee.house.gov H.R. 4740 - Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002 (Introduced in House) - 5/15/02 Go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ & type in HR 4740 into the bill number box Fatal disease threatens deer The Detroit News - 5/21/02 Little-understood chronic wasting disease moving east The Kansas City Star - 5/20/02 Lawmakers Urge Plan to Control Wildlife Disease Los Angeles Times - 5/17/02 Disease threatens deer, elk - "...Ohio has no idea how many elk are living behind fences in the state." The Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio - 5/17/02 North Carolina Proactive Against Deer Disease North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission - 5/16/02 Out-Of-State Deer Not Welcome In Iowa - Chronic Wasting Disease Outbreak In Wisconsin Prompts Ban The Iowa Channel - 5/10/02 Iowa DNR plans to limit importation of most deer Telegraph Herald - 5/9/02 Officials check deer in Iowa for disease The Des Moines Register - 5/9/02 Chronic Wasting Disease Program - Proposed National Program for Captive Elk USDA - 5/7/02 Deer hunters could be spreading lethal germs - Illness related to mad cow disease, experts say National Post - 5/6/02 Deer Disease Sparks Concerns About Venison Safety Reuters - 5/6/02 The Peril and Profit in Bagging Big Antlers Behind High Fences New York Times - 5/6/02 (registration required) or here Despite concerns of Chronic Wasting Disease, a bill in the State Senate would relieve elk farms from a layer of regulation Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA - 5/5/02 Feature: CJD victim worth studying United Press International - 5/2/02 Ban on elk shipments in Alberta lifted despite new quarantine on 12 elk farms - "The ban was imposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last month after the disease was found in an elk from a game farm near Edmonton -- the first known case of chronic wasting disease in the province." CNEWS - 5/1/02 We're losing this game - Farming deer and elk spreads diseases that could devastate wild populations and threaten humans, say wildlife experts... The Globe and Mail - 4/30/02 Are Wyoming's feedgrounds a hotbed of disease? High Country News - 4/29/02 'Eradicate' wasting disease, FDA chief says - Nation shouldn't risk allowing CWD to spread to cattle, Crawford says Rocky Mountain News - 4/22/02 Farm Groups Downplay First U.S. Human 'Mad Cow' Case Reuters - 4/19/02 Lax Security at USDA Labs Putting Farms at Risk - AMES, Iowa Reuters - 3/30/02 Meat recalled after discovery of diseased Alberta elk National Post - 3/30/02 Human Version of "Mad Cow" on Rise The Washington Post - 3/28/02 Mad cow prions found in mice muscle: Research The Times of India - 3/20/02 Study adds to 'mad cow' worries - Denver researcher finds infectious agents that cause illness in muscle tissue of mice Rocky Mountain News - 3/19/02 Firms not in compliance with BSE feed regulation, 21 CFR Part 589.2000 FDA - 3/11/02 U.S. may have imported banned beef Rocky Mountain News - 2/7/02 Wasting in the West - Mysterious disease threatens deer and elk Boise Weekly - vol.10 no. 20 November 21-27, 2001 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in unusually young patients who consumed venison Archives of Neurology - October, 2001 What About Mad Deer Disease? "In recent years, two hunters and a woman who regularly ate venison have died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in the U. S." Environmental Magazine - July - August, 2001 Human Mad Cow WTVT Fox13 - 5/4/01 5 Drug Makers Use Material With Possible Mad Cow Link New York Times - 2/8/2001 (you'll need to register to read the article but its worth it) The impact of CWD - Special Report The Western Producer - 1/07/2001 Weighing 'Mad Cow' Risks in American Deer and Elk New York Times 2/23/99 (cost ya $2.50) or here Kodak grinds cow remains, cuts costs to the bone Wall Street Journal - 1/19/99 Mad All Over Denver Westword - 11/12/98 5 die of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in U.S. from eating Squirrel. The Lancet - Vol 350 - 8/30/97 PDF file (must register) or here and in Field & Stream. North America Archives 2004 2003 December 2002 to October 2002 Contact Information email - comments@maddeer.org Copyright © 2002 maddeer.org