The Latest: Montana approves special hunt to address disease
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on special deer hunts to gauge the prevalence of a newly-found wildlife disease in Montana that can be fatal to deer, elk and moose (all times local):
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Montana will conduct a second special deer hunt — this one along the Canadian border — as wildlife officials scramble to gauge the prevalence of a newly-found disease that's fatal to deer, elk and moose.
State wildlife commissioners approved the hunt Thursday. Officials said they expect to issue about 335 licenses for hunters to harvest 135 mule deer in the Chester area.
Killed animals will be tested for chronic wasting disease.
The neurological disease first showed up in southcentral Montana this fall and near Chester on Dec.