BAKER CITY — John Parsons didn’t think much about the elk until he woke up to a chilly house and an open front door and found the animal bedded down in his living room as though it were the family dog ...

URBANA, Ill. – Chronic Wasting Disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD ...