Mandatory testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been ordered by the provincial government in the southeast corner of the Kootenays after two deer identified south of Cranbrook recently tested positive for the condition.
The mandatory testing order applies to cervids — deer, moose, elk, caribou — while additional measures include restrictions on the transport and disposal of any road-killed cervids in the area.
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