NEWS RELEASE
July 30, 2024
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) encourages all deer and elk hunters to attend an upcoming workshop about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal wildlife disease that affects the nervous system of cervid animals.
A total of eight workshops will be conducted at department headquarters and regional offices. All of the workshops will include a short lecture (20 to 30 minutes), followed by an outdoor demonstration (also 20 to 30 minutes) on how to collect and submit the required lymph node tissue sampling for testing. There also will be opportunities to speak with wildlife health personnel.
Hunters can register by sending an email to: snallagatla@azgfd.gov and include name, phone number, email address for each registrant, and preferred workshop date and location. Or register here.
The workshops:
- 10 a.m. Aug. 3: 3500 S. Lake Mary Road, Flagstaff.
- 6 p.m. Aug. 6: 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix.
- 10 a.m. Aug. 10: 9140 E. 28th St., Yuma.
- 6 p.m. Aug. 13: 555 N. Greasewood Road, Tucson.
- 10 a.m. Aug. 17: 2878 E. White Mountain Blvd., Pinetop.
- 10 a.m. Aug. 24: 5325 N. Stockton Hill Road, Kingman.
- 10 a.m. Sept. 14: 555 N. Greasewood Road, Tucson.
- 10 a.m. Sept. 21: 7200 E. University Drive, Mesa.
AZGFD has been testing for the presence of the disease in Arizona since 1998 and has tested more than 30,000 samples. While CWD has been found in the neighboring states of California, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado, the disease has not been detected in Arizona. CWD has not been documented to cause disease in people.