{"id":29618,"date":"2024-07-29T09:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=29618"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:39:52","slug":"wild-deer-from-chronic-wasting-disease-positive-areas-mydnr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wild-deer-from-chronic-wasting-disease-positive-areas-mydnr\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Deer in Chronic Wasting Disease Positive Areas – MyDNR"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyDNR,<\/a> Indiana’s Outdoor Newsletter<\/em>: As a result of Indiana\u2019s positive detection of\u00a0chronic wasting disease (CWD)<\/a>\u00a0in LaGrange County in April, Indiana DNR has restricted moving deer from any CWD Positive Area for rehabilitation purposes.<\/p>\n

With the change, an individual who finds an orphaned, sick, or injured deer in a CWD Positive Area may only surrender the deer to a DNR-permitted wild animal rehabilitator that is located within a CWD Positive Area. This restriction is to help minimize the spread of CWD to new parts of the state, as deer can carry this disease without appearing sick.\"a<\/a><\/p>\n

Currently, there is one CWD Positive Area in Indiana. It includes LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb counties. While no CWD positive deer have been documented in Steuben, Noble, or DeKalb counties, those counties are considered part of the CWD Positive Area because of their proximity to where the state\u2019s first CWD-positive deer was found in LaGrange County.<\/p>\n

During their first few weeks of life, fawns often hide by themselves and stay motionless to avoid predators while the mother is looking for food. If you find a fawn alone, you can help it by letting it be, giving it space, and leaving the area. Its mother is likely nearby.<\/p>\n

For more information visit DNR: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To subscribe to the newsletter visit MyDNR Email Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/strong>Chronic Wasting Disease<\/a>, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
\nBovine Tuberculosis in Wild White-tailed Deer<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
\nHunting & Trapping<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
\nDesigning Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife<\/a> , The Education Store
\nWildlife Habitat Hint: Trail Camera Tips and Tricks<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog
\nHow to Score Your White-tailed Deer<\/a>, video, The Education Store
\nWhite-Tailed Deer Post Harvest Collection<\/a>, video, The Education Store
\nAge Determination in White-tailed Deer<\/a>, video, The Education Store
\nHow to Build a Plastic Mesh Deer Exclusion Fence<\/a>, The Education Store
\nAsk the Expert: Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment – Birds and Salamander Research<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR
\nA Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan<\/a>, The Education Store
\nManaging Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer<\/a>, The Education Store
\nDeer Impact Toolbox<\/a>, Got Nature? blog, Purdue Extension-Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR)<\/p>\n

Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MyDNR, Indiana’s Outdoor Newsletter: As a result of Indiana\u2019s positive detection of\u00a0chronic wasting disease (CWD)\u00a0in LaGrange County in April, Indiana DNR has restricted moving deer from any CWD Positive Area for rehabilitation purposes. With the change, an individual who finds an orphaned, sick, or injured deer in a CWD Positive Area may only surrender the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[870,42,53,54],"tags":[1248,176,1314,488,445,1484,72],"class_list":["post-29618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disease","category-forestry","category-urbanforestry","category-wildlife","tag-chronic-wasting-disease","tag-deer","tag-deer-management","tag-disease","tag-forest-management","tag-mydnr-email-newsletter","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29618"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31897,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29618\/revisions\/31897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}