Thread: Chronic Wasting Disease Threat to NZ(CWD)

Hey Guys,

Anyone heard about CWD overseas? This disease is very serious, should it enter NZ and get established then hunting as we all know it will be forever changed….. highly infectious deer dishes, with no cure and they always die. Brain disease that can survive in the ground for 20years. And the only method to clean all hunting gear is full soak in bleach for 5min.

I’m really concerned, whilst MPI don’t allow live deer, semen, velvet and other possibly urine based scent into NZ. Visitors can declare and just enter the country. The protein called a prion can bind to metal, clothing and boots, being resistant to heat, steam and most common disentfectants which means it’s just a matter of time before it enters NZ.

Probably must be low given it’s. Not here, yet with it rampant through States. Hence the number of overseas hunters and NZs returning from CWD areas keeps increasing. And so does the risk of it getting through.

I’ll upload links and files to ensure fact based information is getting out. Without the public being aware, then MPI will not address the lack of detailed cleaning information currently listed on their website regarding CWD.

I love hunting, been doing it for 25years and want all NZs to keep enjoying this recreation and way of life long after I am gone….