Labs confirm 4 deer test positive for the disease in 2024
The province is looking to collect samples from over 100 deer each in Cranbrook and Kimberley over the winter months in order to determine the prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease in urban deer populations.
While hunters in the southeast corner of B.C. are required to submit their harvests for sampling as per hunting regulations, there hasn't yet been much sampling of urban deer populations within East Kootenay communities. What happens then will be determined by the experts but an urban deer cull is one potential option if recommended by wildlife biologists.
Advocates with the BC Wildlife Federation have raised concerns about the density of urban deer populations potentially serving as a vector for CWD and have been calling for a cull as well as more resources to manage and respond to the issue. Since then, two more deer — both harvested by hunters near Cranbrook this past fall — have tested positive.
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