Province on High Alert: Stakeholders mobilize to halt the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in BC
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PRINCE GEORGE – Researchers have discovered the first cases of chronic wasting disease in British Columbia. The disease is fatal, affecting species such as deer, elk, moose and caribou. This discovery of this deadly disease is now positioning stakeholders to find a way to slow the spread. And though the deer were discovered in the Kootenays, there are fears it will make its way to northern BC.
Conclusive evidence does not exist that humans can contract chronic wasting disease from animals, though Health Canada says not to consume meat or other animal products from infected animals.
“ And being here in the north where we’re a hunting community, we’re an outdoors community, and it’s not uncommon to see moose or deer in somebody’s yard. So it’s very, very concerning.”
