The Missouri Department of Conservation has expanded its restrictions on feeding deer and placing minerals out for deer to seven new counties in response to finding cases of chronic wasting disease in or near them.
The seven new counties include Grundy and Mercer.
The new counties also include Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, McDonald and Perry and the ban in those counties goes into effect on July 1.
Under the regulations, feeding of deer is banned year round.
The seven counties join a list that already included 41 Missouri counties including Adair, Carroll Linn, Livingston, Putnam, Schuyler and Sullivan.
CWD is spread from deer-to-deer and the potential for transmission increases when deer are unnaturally congregated. Healthy deer can also contract the disease when coming into contact with saliva from infected deer at feeding spots.
For a complete list of counties impacted by the ban, as well as complete details regarding the ban, persons may visit the conservation department’s website online at mdc.mo.gov/cwd.
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