OLYMPIA — As the Department of Fish and Wildlife receives more reports of elk with painful limping, the agency is asking for help from researchers as far away as England to figure out what is causing ...

The Mount St. Helens elk herd has the highest prevalence of Treponema-Associated Hoof Disease of any other herd in the west. Here, technicians take data from a captured elk in the herd. Scientists ...

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Larry Gitch spent three August weekends in the Boistfort area in Lewis County scouting elk. "I would say in 60 percent or better of the animals, I would see hoof rot," said Gitch, a Vancouver resident ...

To learn more about elk hoof disease, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is starting a pilot program in the 2021 license year offering hunters the chance to win a premium elk tag.