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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) involves fatal damage to the brain in members of the deer family, including:

• Elk
• Moose
• Mule deer
• White-tailed deer

In Alberta, CWD has been found in the wild only in mule deer and white-tailed deer. Alberta’s CWD management strategy depends on hunter assistance to help track CWD infections.

Hunter CWD Surveillance - What You Can Do To Help

Hunters play an important and essential role in Alberta’s CWD wildlife surveillance program. To document the occurrence and spread of CWD, the Government of Alberta relies heavily on the submission of hunter-killed deer heads along with the geographic coordinates of each kill site.

The information gathered from hunter submissions helps determine the geographic distribution of CWD in Alberta, and contributes to ongoing research and improved understanding of the disease.

For more detailed information about CWD and what you can do to help with CWD surveillance, visit the Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) website at:

• Chronic Wasting Disease: Information For Hunters

Posted: Jul 2010