Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Northwest Wisconsin

In what will be a devastating finding for the 'sport' of hunting in Wisconsin, Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in deer outside the area that officials had thought it had been contained to for the first time.  CWD, as it is also known, is similar to Mad Cow Disease, and is a threat to human health, causing death or neurological problems.

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