Though the prevalence remains low, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Ohio has now expanded into Morrow County, according to ...

Georgia wildlife officials have confirmed the state's first-ever case of CWD in a hunter-harvested whitetail buck.

A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first ...

LAKELAND, Ga. (WSAV) – The first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Georgia was confirmed Wednesday by the ...

Lanier and Berrien Counties are now considered “Chronic Wasting Disease” management areas by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This declaration comes after a two-and-a-half-year-old male ...

Deer in Georgia are at risk of contracting a neurological disease with a 100 percent mortality rate. One deer in southern ...

A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for Chronic-Wasting Disease (CWD), the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old male ...

Legislators introduced a bill on Friday that aims to stop the North Dakota Game and Fish Department from banning hunters from using bait on private land to attract big game.

CWD was first discovered in 1967 in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirms deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of chronic ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state’s first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a white-tailed deer.