Chronic Wasting Disease — United States
National Park Service (NPS) veterinarians recently confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a buck white-tailed deer at Devils Tower National Monument [Wyoming]. CWD is endemic to free-ranging deer populations throughout much of eastern Wyoming, and although this is the 1st animal to test positive for CWD at Devils Tower, it is not the 1st case in Crook County. That case was detected only a few miles away, in 2008.
Although hunting is not permitted at Devils Tower, this is
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