The Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for the state's first identified case of the deadly Chronic Wasting Disease.

The state has enforced certain restrictions on deer movement since 2005 to prevent such outbreaks, highlighted by The Georgia Recorder. Residents are urged to be vigilant and report any deer that ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer. The fatal neurological illness, often called ...

They will do this by “cluster sampling.” “I want to assure our hunters that deer hunting will continue to thrive in Georgia, despite this current discovery,” DNR Commissioner Walter Rabon ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer. The fatal neurological illness, often called “zombie deer ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of the deadly Chronic Wasting Disease. The ...

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 ...

A white-tailed buck in Gwinnett County is among the 1 million of its deer species roaming Georgia's woodlands, farmlands and urban areas. Hank Ohme/Georgia Wildlife Federation The Georgia ...

ATLANTA — A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for Chronic-Wasting Disease, the state Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old male ...

A white-tailed buck in Gwinnett County is among the 1 million of its deer species roaming Georgia's woodlands, farmlands and urban areas. Hank Ohme/Georgia Wildlife Federation ...