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DNR Hosts Seminars On Spread Of Chronic Wasting Disease In Iowa’s Deer Populations

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting two seminars in western Iowa next week to discuss the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer in Iowa. DNR Wildlife Biologist, Terry Haindfield, is leading the effort to combat the disease and is coordinating the gatherings. “We want people to come to these meetings, ask their questions and hear the concerns fromm other hunters,” he says. “Deer hunting is an important tradition and, for some, a large part of their identity.” He adds deer hunting is a tradition in Iowa and battling CWD is a way to preserve it. The first of the two meeting will be held at the Lewis and Clark State Park Visitor Center three miles west of Onawa at 6:30 p.m on Monday, Sept. 25. The second meeting is the following day on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the public library in Missouri Valley, also at 6:30 p.m. CWD is disease that attacks the brain of an infected deer caused by malformed proteins and is characterized by weight loss, abnormal behavior, lack of coordination and eventually, death. To date, 18 deer have tested positive the disease in northeast Iowa, 17 in Allamakee County and one in Clayton County.

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