FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 14, 2024) — Officials from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are gathering additional information and carefully evaluating next steps following Monday’s announcement by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture that lab testing confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deceased deer from a Breckinridge County deer Read more
idfg-rphillips Tuesday, October 1, 2024 – 8:52 AM MDT Three CWD positive deer have been detected in an area near Bonners Ferry After three white-tailed deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease near Bonners Ferry, the portion of Unit 1 within Boundary County and east of the Selkirk Mountains crest (see Read more
idfg-rphillips Wednesday, August 14, 2024 – 1:04 PM MDT This is the first CWD detection in north Idaho Idaho Fish and Game recently received test results confirming a positive case of chronic wasting disease in an adult female white-tailed deer roughly 3 miles outside of Bonners Ferry in hunting Unit Read more
SPOKANE- Washington’s first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed in an adult female white-tailed deer that was found dead in the Fairwood area of north Spokane. CWD is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that infects members of the Cervidae ‘deer’ family and is fatal in infected deer. TSEs Read more
Aug. 2, 2024AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of one case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Medina County deer breeding facility. This is the fifth facility where CWD has been detected in the county. A two-year-old male white-tailed deer tested positive using postmortem testing conducted Read more
June 27, 2024 Media Contact: TPWD News, Business Hours, 512-389-8030 AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of one case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Sutton County deer breeding facility, marking the second facility where CWD has been detected in the county, located in the Read more
June 14, 2024 AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of one case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Trinity County deer breeding facility, marking the first detection in the county. A two-year-old female white-tailed deer tested positive using postmortem Read more
No official media release was made by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the Texas Department of Agriculture. Only found articles from other news sources. Summary outcome: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department euthanized 249 deer on RW Trophy Ranch in Terrell, TX on 28 May, 2024. Articles referenced: Ritzen, Read more
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected for the first time in California’s deer and elk. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received confirmation on May 6 samples collected from two deer, one in Madera County near Yosemite Lakes and the other in Inyo County, near Bishop. The Read more
Press Release – Wednesday, May 01, 2024 SPRINGFIELD – Chronic wasting disease has been detected in Ford County, expanding the geographic presence of the infection in free-ranging deer populations in northern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced today. Chronic wasting disease, commonly referred to as CWD, is an always-fatal Read more