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Area around the Battlefords, Meadow Lake targeted for CWD testing
Several wildlife management zones along the boreal forest in Saskatchewan are designated a priority by the province for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing.
The Ministry of Environment and the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation are encouraging hunters to submit the heads of all deer, moose, elk and caribou harvested this season for testing. CWD is a fatal, infectious central nervous system disease that has no known cure.
The ministry is looking for submissions from wildlife management zones in the boreal transition zone to evaluate CWD risk to caribou. These are zones 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 67.
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