Deadly wasting disease found in farmed Outaouais deer, hundreds culled

Chronic wasting disease in deer has been confirmed for the first time in Quebec, on a game farm that has led Quebec to cancel the fall deer hunt in the area north of Grenville, opposite Hawkesbury.
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters says this is a “huge” threat to both Ontario and Quebec deer and moose, and to hunting.
However the disease is not believed to be transmissible to humans.
One sick deer was identified on a deer farm on Sept. 10, leading Quebec officials to kill