Ontario hunters concerned about a disease threatening the province's deer population say they're pleased to hear the government is taking steps to halt its spread. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of deer, elk, moose and caribou. So far, however, it hasn't been found in wild Ontario deer. Avid hunter Keith Fowler says he's worried about what chronic wasting disease could do to the population of deer in Ontario. So it could be serious trouble for the deer population, for sure," said Moore, the president of the Quality Deer Management Association of Canada's Lanark County branch.

Source: CBC News October 08, 2018 08:00 UTC