BC Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program
Dr. Helen Schwantje, Wildlife Veterinarian/Fish and Wildlife Branch, sent out this request a few weeks back:
I have spoken on CWD and Bovine TB at BCWF AGMs but we are not getting the samples we need for confidence that these diseases are not present. And we need to. For that we are asking for your help in ways to outreach to hunters who harvest any cervid in three focus areas of BC – the Peace Region and East Kootenay in general and in MU 8-23 in the North Okanagan.
In short, The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations would like your help in testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in our wild deer, elk, and moose populations.
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Heads Wanted Flyer Provincial
Heads Wanted Flyer Cherryville/MU 8-23
Information Bulletin
What You Need to Know
Information for Hunters
For more information, please contact Adam Hering – Wildlife Health Biologist – 250-953-5140 Adam.Hering@gov.bc.ca
Or
Mike Bridger – Fish and Wildlife Biologist – Peace Region – 250-787-3294 Michael.Bridger@gov.bc.ca
Government has updated their Wildlife Health website, which also includes a poster describing the surveillance program. Some of the collection sites listed are no longer in existence.
Do you have any ideas as to how to get hunters to participate in this important research program?
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offer me a guaranteed leh.
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Sofa King
offer me a guaranteed leh.
I'll pass that on.
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I would suggest the best way is to advertise this at those meat cutting drop off locations, and even have them ask each person dropping off an animal to participate. Not sure if this has been around for a few years but I've dropped on game at these locations and never heard about this.
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Mikey Rafiki
I would suggest the best way is to advertise this at those meat cutting drop off locations, and even have them ask each person dropping off an animal to participate. Not sure if this has been around for a few years but I've dropped on game at these locations and never heard about this.
Good idea, and yes, the program has been around for a while. We have several freezers at the North Peace Rod and Gun for the program and got a few heads in the early years of the program, but nothing in the last couple of years.
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Where close to 8-23 is there a drop off ... bang animals down every year in that MU
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Liveforthehunt
Where close to 8-23 is there a drop off ... bang animals down every year in that MU
Good question - I will see what I can find out.
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First I've heard of all of this. Between my son, father and I, we could have dropped off at least 3 heads last year.
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They had a freezer at franks store in cherryville for them
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wrenchhead
They had a freezer at franks store in cherryville for them
Excellent thx. I will make sure I drop a couple off this year