Wildlife officials to meet with public, discuss CWD
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) will host three public meetings to discuss proposed changes for the 2019 – 2020 deer hunting...
Tag : chronic wasting disease
Hyde-Smith introduces legislation to combat CWD
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde–Smith introduced legislation to establish a unified response framework for combatting the threat of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a growing epidemic threatening white-tailed...
CWD confirmed in more Mississippi counties
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) received confirmation that a female white-tailed deer from Panola County and a female white-tailed deer from...
MDOT helps monitor chronic wasting disease
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is assisting the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) in its efforts to monitor an infectious deer...
MDWFP works to contain Chronic Wasting Disease
To monitor Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) across Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) is relying on hunter-harvested deer during the 2018–19...
Mississippi sees fourth CWD case
by Alex Paton
The Fourth case of Chronic Wasting Disease is suspected in Marshall County. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks stated in a release that...
State’s third case of CWD confirmed
Mississippi’s third case of Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed. A 2.5-year-old white-tailed deer in Issaquena initially tested positive after a sample was submitted to...
CWD case confirmed in Issaquena
A second Mississippi deer has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in as many months. After a case was confirmed in Pontotoc in October, officials...
Second deer tests positive for CWD
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has announced the second case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a 1.5-year-old male white-tailed deer. The MDWFP...
Mississippi deer smugglers sentenced
Two Louisiana men have been sentenced for smuggling deer into Mississippi. 75-year-old Edward L. Donaldson Jr. and 42-year-old John Jared Oertling, both residents of Pearl River,...