Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the chances of it spreading to more vulnerable caribou populations — or, worse, humans.

A dead deer in Carbon County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).Chronic Waste Disease also known as CWD is a fatal neurological disease caused by a misfolded protein called a prion,

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting that two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area of the state. The two deer, both adult males, were found in Luzerne County. One was harvested by a hunter while the other was from a captive facility, the game commission said.

In years past, deer culls initiated by the City of Cranbrook were conducted through the use of clover traps and bolt guns, which generated controversy as traps were vandalized and SD memory cards were stolen out of widlife camers placed to monitor clover traps.

Tests have found a deer acting strangely in the Philipsburg area in January did not have chronic wasting disease.

Sixty positive cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer were detected during surveillance conducted in eastern Nebraska during the November firearm deer season, Nebraska Game and Parks states.