If you are hunting deer, moose or elk this season, the Ministry of Environment is encouraging hunters in some of the province’s wildlife management zones to submit the animals for chronic wasting disease testing.

The Environment Ministry is specifically targeting the boreal transition zones and those along the eastern border for testing. There is a risk of the disease expanding in these areas.

The Ministry says CWD is an infectious central nervous system disease in deer, moose and elk, for which there is no known cure. It is always fatal in affected animals, and high infection rates can impact populations. Over the past 25 years, the disease has become established across most of southern Saskatchewan.

Heads can be submitted for testing at designated drop-off locations across the province throughout the hunting season.

Targeted wildlife management zones include: 2W, 9, 10, 35, 37 or 50.

Prior to dropping off heads for testing, you must obtain a CWD tracking number from  www.cwdsk.ca 

For more information, a complete list of drop-off sites and how to submit a sample for testing, visit here.