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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently announced that chronic wasting disease was detected in two licensed deer breeding facilities. This degenerative disease was first detected in Texas in 2012 and free ranging mule deer along the Texas New Mexico border. The spread has wildlife experts concerned.
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From Texas Standard : Ever heard of bartonella henselae? It’s the bacteria behind an illness you’re probably more familiar with – cat scratch fever....
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From Texas Standard: Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is a contagious illness that affects animals, including deer and elk. It attacks an animal's...
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For some Texans, there’s big money in deer. Breeding and raising whitetail deer, running deer hunts on ranches, it’s all part of a multibillion-dollar…
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The Texas House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock received updates on the lingering agricultural and ecological impact of Hurricane Harvey, and heard…
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A state district judge sides with Texas wildlife officials in their efforts to limit the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease within the State’s deer…
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State officials have detected Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas’ WILD white deer population. It’s a scenario that Texas Parks and Wildlife has feared since…
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A handful of lawmakers at the state capitol are outraged by the latest regulations adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The new rules are…
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Last summer Texas Parks and Wildlife officials began working on state regulations for testing the state’s deer population for chronic wasting disease, an…
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For hunters like Tom Buckley deer hunting is a tradition passed down from one generation to another. And this week it’s been all about preparing for the…