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OLYMPIA, Washington (KAPP) — Washington state hunters face new regulations this season as wildlife officials work to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological condition ...

“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.

That’s really our biggest concern: it spreading to areas we don’t know about.” As of this year, Washington has documented five confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease within state boundaries.