Wildlife Resources Division has confirmed the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Georgia, detected in a hunter-harvested deer in Lanier County. With the DNR’s CWD Response Plan now in ...
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 ...
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 ...