The Chief Veterinarian has issued General Order CWD2024-001 (PDF, 255 KB) in response to the detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in B.C. The restrictions apply within the Initial Response Area (PDF, 545KB), defined as Management Units 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, and a portion of 4-22. This is south of and including Highway 3, which is situated between south of Cranbrook toward the United States border, west to the Moyie Range, and east to the Macdonald Range. The order applies to all cervids, including deer, elk, moose and caribou.
All persons who collect found dead cervids, or parts of found dead cervids (including cervids harvested as a result of hunting) in the response area must:
- Submit heads for testing to a government testing site or drop-off location
- Not remove or use, untested portions of any cervid from the response area. Until testing is complete and the result is confirmed negative for the presence of CWD, untested portions may only be either:
- transported to a Designated Disposal Site
- held in a secure, leak-proof storage container
- Portions of any collected cervid which tests positive for CWD must be held in a secure, leak-proof storage container until further instructions are received from the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.
Designated Disposal Sites
- Cranbrook Regional District landfill
- Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure secure disposal facilities
- The government collection site at 205 Industrial Road G, Cranbrook, B.C.
