House Passes Boone and Crockett Club Supported Chronic Wasting Disease Bill

MISSOULA, Mont. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation last night that will provide funding for research and management to help fight chronic wasting disease (CWD), an always fatal neurological disease affecting members of the deer family. The CWD…

Research and Management Act (H.R. 5608) is sponsored by Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and GT Thompson (R-PA) and supported by the Boone and Crockett Club along with a broad spectrum of hunting and agriculture interests; it cleared the House with a vote of 393-33.