The provincial government says a second deer infected with chronic wasting disease has been detected in Manitoba. It says the case was discovered as part of routine surveillance just north of the U-S. border.
The first case found in the province was near Lake of the Prairies in October. They will start a cull on Monday of the deer population in the area to help reduce the spread. The Province says they have contacted landowners in the containment area to get permission to access their properties.
The province will report cull numbers once it is complete. They will try to save as much meat from healthy animals as possible and will distribute it on a priority basis to indigenous communities, beginning with those communities affected by hunting closures in the region.
