Deer data needed for tracking CWD: Environment ministry
The province is asking hunters for 2,000 deer heads, in order to monitor a progressive disease among wildlife.
The environment ministry wants to track the effects that chronic wasting disease (CWD) has on deer, moose, elk and caribou in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
There’s a data shortage of reported cases of the disease in certain areas of Saskatchewan, according to ministry health specialist Iga Stasiak.
“Right now we’ve had about 1,000 deer heads submitted for testing. At the end of hunting season last year, we only had 800,” she said.