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December 29, 2021

Exotic Deer Found In Texas Could Be CWD Resistant

China’s Père David’s deer was nearly gone in the late 1800s. Just 18 deer – the very last of their kind – were brought into captivity after the rest had been hunted to extinction. When 11 […]
December 15, 2021

House Passes CWD-Focused Bill

In a 393-33 vote this evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Research Act, which would expand the federal government’s role in the fight to control a fatal wildlife disease […]
October 8, 2021

USDA Provides Funding To Fight Deer-Killing Disease

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is providing $5.7 million to 20 States and 8 Tribes or Tribal organizations to further develop and implement Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management and […]
October 5, 2021

State Reminds Hunters To Be CWD Aware

With the opening of deer season on the horizon, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists are asking that hunters and landowners throughout the state be mindful of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) as new cases of […]
September 9, 2021

Texas To Hold Special CWD Meeting

AUSTIN— The Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission will hold a special meeting on proposed rules related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).  Earlier this year, the discovery of CWD in six  deer breeding facilities necessitated the […]
June 29, 2021

Emergency Order Imposed On TX Deer Facilities

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has issued an “emergency order” to impose additional movement and testing restrictions on deer breeding facilities that are affiliated with six deer breeding facilities where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has […]
March 4, 2021

CWD Found In New TX Location

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been discovered in a free-ranging 8 ½-year-old mule deer in Lubbock County, marking the first positive detection of the disease in the county. In coordination with the Texas Animal Health Commission […]
October 9, 2020

Deer Urine Products And CWD

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a killer-no doubt. It has caused the death of thousands of whitetail, mule deer, elk and other deer in numerous states and at least two Canadian provinces. Yet there is some […]
September 24, 2020

Can Predators Pass CWD Through Digestive Track?

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease that affects a number of wildlife species, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, and moose. CWD is caused by abnormal proteins called prions. Prions change normal proteins […]
May 6, 2020

Deadly Deer Disease In Texas

The latest numbers on Chronic Wasting Disease testing in Texas give some hope that efforts to contain the disease are working, according to state wildlife experts. The CWD testing year that ended in February produced just […]