In order to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease in the deer family, the province, with the support of the City of Cranbrook, the City of Kimberley and ?aq’am, is targeting removal and testing of urban deer.

Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the chances of it spreading to more vulnerable caribou populations — or, worse, humans.

Two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Earlier in the 2024-25 hunting season, AGFC officials confirmed deer in Conway County and Stone County also tested positive for CWD. Both were harvested during the alternative firearms season in Arkansas, which ended on Oct. 27, 2024.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (KY3) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission recently confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both deer were harvested during the 2024-25 deer hunting season.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting that two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area of the state. The two deer, both adult males, were found in Luzerne County. One was harvested by a hunter while the other was from a captive facility, the game commission said.

The AGFC confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and one in Baxter County tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 deer hunting season.

Tests have found a deer acting strangely in the Philipsburg area in January did not have chronic wasting disease.

Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a deer in Carbon County for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced.

Sixty positive cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer were detected during surveillance conducted in eastern Nebraska during the November firearm deer season, Nebraska Game and Parks states.