Saskatchewan cases the first in Canada
Cathy Ellis,
For The Calgary Herald
Published: Saturday, August 16, 2008Banff
National Park officials are keeping close tabs on the local elk
population after the first cases of chronic wasting disease in wild elk
showed up in Saskatchewan.
Deer in Alberta and Saskatchewan have
tested positive for the disease -- a fatal brain illness of mule deer,
white-tailed deer and elk. But officials in Saskatchewan report this is
the first time it has been found in wild elk in Canada.
Jesse
Whittington, wildlife specialist for Banff National Park, said chronic
wasting disease is one of the most important diseases that Parks Canada
monitors for, and has been doing so for several years now.
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