Insights and Stories on Elk

Deer and elk take a bite out of winter feed

Nov. 24, 2023 at 10:21 am CST

Wildlife and livestock co-exist on pasture throughout the summer. However, in winter when livestock are being fed, wildlife can become a nuisance. Across Alberta, many producers are dealing with wildlife in winter feed, but how many are experiencing problems is not known. “It’s pretty ubiquitous throughout the province, but what […]

Chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba

Nov. 2, 2021 at 2:07 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Set-aside funded for Quebec hog, cattle, big game producers

Apr. 15, 2021 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Ontario to limit imports, transport of live elk, deer

Dec. 21, 2020 at 1:49 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Deer heads required from Kootenay region for CWD tests

Sep. 26, 2019 at 9:54 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

Feb. 12, 2018 at 8:18 pm CST

The mystery of how six Prairie cattle caught a Mexican strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB) is now expected to remain a mystery indefinitely. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced quarantines have been lifted from all Prairie cattle operations tested during its probe of a bovine TB outbreak beginning […]

By Staff

B.C. to block hunting attractants from out-of-province

Dec. 31, 2017 at 5:28 pm CST

Anyone planning to hunt in British Columbia may soon be blocked from bringing in urine and other materials from other provinces’ farmed elk and cervids, in a bid to keep chronic wasting disease (CWD) in check. The provincial government recently opened a public comment period, running until Jan. 19, on […]

By Staff

Federal response tightened for chronic wasting disease

Jul. 1, 2017 at 1:23 am CDT

Canadian ranchers raising cervids such as elk, deer and moose will soon have to get in on certification programs before they can be eligible for any federal help in the event of a chronic wasting disease (CWD) outbreak. One of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) family of nervous system diseases, […]

By Staff

Insights and Stories on Elk

Deer and elk take a bite out of winter feed

Chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba

Set-aside funded for Quebec hog, cattle, big game producers

Ontario to limit imports, transport of live elk, deer

Deer heads required from Kootenay region for CWD tests

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

B.C. to block hunting attractants from out-of-province

Federal response tightened for chronic wasting disease

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