USDA Commits $12 Million to Fight Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk

1 articles · Updated · Freedom 92.9 · May 27

$12 million in USDA funding will back state, tribal and academic efforts to control and prevent chronic wasting disease in wild and farmed animals.
$6 million is earmarked for projects targeting farmed animals, while $5.5 million will fund CWD research and management.
The remaining $500,000 will support prevention and management work on U.S. tribal lands.
CWD is an infectious degenerative disease that kills brain cells and ultimately proves fatal to affected deer, elk and other animals.

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