DNR: No deadly disease found in northern Wis. deer
ANTIGO — Wisconsin wildlife experts are giving the whitetail deer herd in 18 northern Wisconsin counties a clean bill of health.
The Department of Natural Resources says testing of 8,700 deer killed by hunters last fall found no signs of the fatal brain ailment chronic wasting disease or tuberculosis.
The DNR conducts periodic health checks of deer in different sections of the state.
Wildlife supervisor Mike Zeckmeister says it's good news that evidence shows CWD has not spread from southern Wisconsin. It was first found near Mount Horeb in 2002.
But Zeckmeister says Wisconsin is still taking risks with the herd's health by allowing baiting and feeding of deer.
Wildlife experts say the risk of disease increases when deer come together in large groups.
Mar 22, 2009 at 9:46 p.m.
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Really, in all honesty, what happened to the survival of the fittest? Why do we have to step in and "cure" everything? In the end we don't fix anything....nature does.
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