Saturday, October 30, 2010
DNR Attempts To Control Deer Disease
WEST VIRGINIA....
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources says chronic wasting disease was discovered in Virginia last year, and, as a result, West Virginia rules bar hunters from bringing intact deer carcasses across the border. The DNR says hunters can bring back venison without bones and are allowed to bring back antlers and antlers attached to skull plates, if all flesh is removed, along with portions of hides used for taxidermy and mounted deer heads. There is no known treatment for chronic wasting disease, which eventually kills deer. West Virginia has been trying to control its spread since finding the disease in Hampshire County in 2005.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:42 PM 
