Last February, the MN Board of Animal Health and the MN DNR confirmed that Chronic Wasting Disease was the cause of the death of a deer that was recovered near a 112 acre deer farm near Merrifield in Crow Wing County.
There are about 390 captive deer and elk farms in MN. In April, the deer in the farm near Merrifield was closed, all the deer were killed and are being tested for CWD. In addition, about 80 deer were killed within a two mile radius of the farm and are also being tested.