The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking hunters to properly dispose of carcasses and follow laws for deer harvested to help limit the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
According to a news release, MDC also reminds hunters who harvest deer, elk or moose outside of Missouri and bring the animals back to follow related regulations to help limit the spread of CWD– a deadly illness for white-tailed deer and other members of the deer family, called cervids. CWD kills all deer it infects, and there is no vaccine nor cure.
CWD is spread from deer to deer through direct contact and through contact with soil, food and water that have been contaminated through feces, urine, saliva – and carcasses — of infected deer.
You can learn more at mdc.mo.gov/cwd.