Reply #29: In deer it's called Chronic Wasting Disease, not "scrapie" [View All]

And any "cakes" made with animal parts intended to be fed to deer would be illegal in Wisconsin under baiting and feeding regulations. It would also make no sense when corn is dirt cheap here.

Unfortunately, we do have CWD in this state (the first state east of the Mississippi discovered in about 1999) in certain south central and south western parts thanks to Tommy Thompson. His administration made sure regulations were relaxed on importing deer from game farms in western states to game farms here. Wouldn't want to impede capitalism, now, would we?

Animals from the parts of the state where CWD is known to exist as well as neighboring areas are heavily tested. IIRC, all meat donated to pantries is also tested for free by the state.