CWD dumpsters will be available for hunters this fall

HURLEY – Iron County hunters will be able to continue disposing their deer carcasses in special dumpsters designed to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease after the Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee recently approved funding three dumpsters for the upcoming hunting season.  Last year, there were dumpsters located in the towns of Oma, Mercer and Saxon.  Chronic wasting disease is a fatal brain disease affecting deer, elk, reindeer, and moose. There is no known cure once animals are infected, and symptoms include weight loss, stumbling, drooling and aggression. There are no reported cases of humans being infected with CWD.  Iron County is one of the counties in the state without a confirmed case of CWD.