News of breakthrough research on chronic wasting disease has one of America’s top deer hunting states pushing for a cure, not cull, of its whitetail resource.
Pennsylvania U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-13th District, also announced he is trying to get Congress involved in the state’s deer dilemma, according to a report by the Altoona Mirror.
According to the newspaper, Joyce offered a solution Tuesday to the ongoing issue between the 13th District hunting community and the Pennsylvania Game Commission by co-sponsoring legislation that would implement a federal study of chronic wasting disease.
The measure instructs the secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to partner with the National Academies of Science to study and identify the ways CWD is transmitted between wild, captive and farmed deer, caribou, elk and moose
In addition, hunters have high hopes for a scientist who claims to be on track to find a vaccine for CWD in three years.
In other news, renowned ecologist John Eveland announced new findings from CWD researcher Dr. Frank Bastian, including some remarkable timelines on how fast a cure might be in the making. Eveland was speaking on Feb. 2 at a press conference organized by Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania and held at Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex. Watch his presentation here:
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