UW Ecologists Track CWD-infected deers

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Wildlife ecologists from U-W Madison have captured and radio-collared more than 25 deer in the Chronic wasting disease hot zone in the past month. The goal of this trap and release project is to learn more about how far and fast the fatal brain disease may spread. Gil Halsted went out to check the traps with a crew last weekend and filed this report.

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