Hunters Asked to Help Prevent the Spread of CWDLocal deer hunters are being asked for help by the province. The Ontario government is calling on hunters to submit samples from harvested white-tailed deer to the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program. CWD is a fatal, untreatable brain disease affecting members of the deer family, including white-tailed deer, elk, moose and caribou. This sampling will not interfere with hunters processing their harvest, consuming the meat or having the deer head mounted. To learn more about CWD and efforts to keep the disease out of Ontario, visit ontario.ca/CWD.