Chronic Wasting Disease

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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