The National Wildlife Federation and its fight against zoonotic diseases

Sports July 29, 2020

As the United States is still reeling from the first wave of COVID-19, the U.S. Congress and wildlife groups are trying to figure out ways to have a better response for the future.  The word of the day was “zoonotic” July 22 when the U.S. Senate held a hearing titled, “Stopping ...

COLUMN: No need to panic about Chronic Wasting Disease for now, but there are questions that need to be answered

Sports May 30, 2020

COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL Chronic Wasting Disease  is as nasty for deer as the COVID-19 is for people.  Maybe worse.   True, we don’t have CWD in deer anywhere near us here.  In fact, the only place it is found in West Virginia is in the Eastern Panhandle.  ...