State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting disease in the Flathead Valley. Officials first received reports of a sickly ...

“People pick it up unknowingly and move it to where they live—and they can spread it that way,” said Hunter Westacott, a chronic wasting disease expert. “So there’s always that concern.

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...

Maryland wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading again—this time into a new part of the state. The ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A case of chronic wasting disease was detected in a doe at a Rock County farm, Wisconsin officials confirmed Thursday. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery ...

Kansas wildlife officials plan a public meeting next week in St. Francis to discuss chronic wasting disease and the strategies the department is taking to assess deer health in the area.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources tests conducted on 62 white-tailed deer in 2024 confirmed the presence of chronic ...