Where is chronic wasting disease in the US? Since being found in Colorado in the 1960s, the disease has been documented in 30 states and several foreign countries, according to the National ...

Chronic wasting disease: Death of 2 hunters in US raises concerns of 'zombie deer' The 2022 report of two hunters who developed neurological diseases after eating potentially infected deer meat ...

Chronic wasting disease has been in parts of the Great Plains and Midwest since at least 2000, and continues to spread throughout the region. It’s been found in wild deer in 31 states across the ...

Chronic wasting disease has been detected in Wyoming since 1981, now affecting nearly the entire state, including the area around Yellowstone. However, ...

That’s how much the federal government spent on chronic wasting disease from 2000 through 2021, according to the USGS. This figure included over $16 million in indemnity payments to cervid farmers.

Chronic wasting disease has been detected in just one white-tailed deer on the Blackfeet reservation, but once it's present, it's impossible to eradicate, according to wildlife managers.

Since chronic wasting disease was first discovered in Colorado in 1967, the disease has spread widely across North America. Prior to 2000, just Colorado and Wyoming had known cases in wild deer ...

Ten deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 hunting season, mainly in Triad counties. What hunters and farmers need to know about the fatal "zombie deer" disease: ...

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...

Chronic wasting disease is a contagious, neurological disease found in elk, deer, and moose. It causes the animal’s brain to deteriorate and turn into a spongy matter, which in turn emaciates ...

The Alliance for Public Wildlife, a group that has been very concerned about this, estimates between 7,000 and 15,000 chronic wasting disease-positive animals are being consumed annually in the ...