A map of counties across the U.S. that have recorded cases of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging cervids. As of November 2023, 414 counties across 31 states have seen cases.

Larry Durham, 51, of Jackson County, was charged Nov. 6 with violating the state's new CWD carcass ban for returning to Alabama with a deer harvested in Illinois, a known CWD state.

Whitetail deer are the most popular game animal in the state, according to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The problem CWD causes proteins to misform and then affect ...

The first case of CWD in Alabama was detected in Lauderdale County in January 2022. For more information about CWD, including a detailed zone map and guidelines on deer testing, hunters and ...

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) today announced that two cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) were confirmed in hunter harvested, white-tailed deer in ...

According to the CDC, chronic wasting disease is a progressive, fatal disease that affects the brain, spinal cord and other tissues of both farmed and free-ranging deer, elk and moose.

A handful of Alabama lawmakers are pushing a bill that could totally upend whitetail deer management there. Introduced in the state House Thursday, the proposed legislation would make all of the state ...

Deer are an important part of Alabama’s ecosystem and play a vital role in the local food chain. As mentioned above, CWD is highly contagious and rapidly decimates deer populations if not ...

A recent social media post by the S.C. Dept. of Natural Resources regarding Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which affects the deer family, made me do a double take.

A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first time, state wildlife officials announced Thursday. The Georgia case was ...

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on Friday announced confirmation of two cases of chronic wasting disease in hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer in northern Lauderdale ...