The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources after the DNR’s quarantine of a hunting reserve where chronic wasting disease was discovered was challenged by the reserve’s owners. Tom and Ronda Brakke and McBra, Inc., owners of the former Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge in Bloomfield, Iowa, filed […]
Deer farmers try their hardest to keep their animals from being injured or killed, sometimes erecting high fences or using bright ear tags, or both. But some are trying new ideas including shiny antlers that glow in the dark. Some reindeer herders in Finland have begun trying reflective, fluorescent dye applied to their stocks’ fur […]
Pennsylvania officials have expanded its quarantine of deer farms after its investigation into any that may have had contact or have had contact with a confirmed case of chronic wasting disease. Twelve farms now are listed under the quarantine, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced Friday. The department is seeking any and all farms that […]