The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is once again asking hunters to utilize the Chronic Wasting Disease self-service kiosks and carcass disposal dumpsters to help monitor and slow the spread of CWD.
This year, the agency is looking for more volunteers to help grow the programs, bringing convenient CWD testing and proper carcass disposal options to even more hunters in Wisconsin.
"We know many Wisconsinites are looking to provide CWD services in their local areas. The original idea for Adopt-a-Dumpster came from hunters themselves. We then launched Adopt-a-Kiosk to provide even more opportunities to get involved,” said Amanda Kamps, DNR Wildlife Health Conservation Specialist. "Both programs give more hunters convenient opportunities to participate in CWD management around the state.
Kamps says proper disposal of deer carcass waste is a major factor in containing the spread of CWD.
CWD is a contagious neurological disease of deer, elk moose and reindeer that is caused by an abnormal protein called a prion.
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