MISSION REPORT - OPERATION GOLD WATCH - PUBLIC NOTICE

On Monday, the 6th of June, 1994, a deer was found in the county of Allaben that was suffering from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It may take over a year before an infected animal develops symptoms, which can include drastic weight loss (wasting), stumbling, listlessness and other neurologic symptoms. CWD can affect animals of all ages and some infected animals may die without ever developing the disease. CWD is fatal to animals and there are no treatments or vaccines.

To date, there have been no reported cases of CWD infection in people. However, some animal studies suggest CWD poses a risk to certain types of non-human primates, like monkeys, that eat meat from CWD-infected animals or come in contact with brain or body fluids from infected deer or elk. These studies raise concerns that there may also be a risk to people.

The infected deer was destroyed & no further infection is believed to have been identified.

On Monday, the 6th of June, 1994, the hunting cabin belonging to Clyde Baughman in the county Allaben unfortunately burnt down.

Local fire departments believe that the fire was started due to a faulty gas valve in the property due to negligent service.

It is believed no one was killed or hurt in the fire, and the fire at the cabin was safely contained before spreading to the forest.

The location remains restricted until further notice.