5 new numbers that tell important stories about hunting, fishing and conservation in Canada

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The first-ever cases of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, detected in B.C. Testing in January diagnosed the fatal cervid disease in a harvested mule deer and a roadkill whitetail, both from south of Cranbrook. The province has now launched a surveillance and response plan in an attempt to stop CWD’s spread.

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