Louisiana lawmakers moved to lift 'zombie' deer feeding bans, backed by Ted Nugent, despite wildlife officials' concerns.

CWD is caused by prions, which attack the brain. Infected animals gradually lose motor control, resulting in stumbling, ...

In Illinois and other states, officials hoped that culls could halt the progress of chronic wasting disease. Now they are ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has banned the use of bait to hunt deer in much of northern Louisiana — a ...

Also called chronic wasting disease (CWD), zombie deer disease includes excessive drooling, progressive weight loss, and a ...

So far, no one has gotten chronic wasting disease from animals, but there's worry that hunters who kill and eat infected animals might be at risk. “Zombie deer disease," officially known as chronic ...

Illinois wildlife officials have ended a long-standing deer culling program to contain chronic wasting disease, a fatal prion illness affecting deer and related species. The disease has spread to more ...

"Zombie deer disease," officially known as chronic wasting disease, has been found in Yellowstone National Park for the first time. This week, National Park Service officials confirmed the disease in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A white-tailed deer is seen on Jan. 3, 2022. The B.C. government has confirmed two new cases of chronic wasting disease, also ...

In a YouTube video posted last week by hunting rights organization Hunter Nation, Nugent voiced support for House Concurrent Resolution 4. Introduced by State Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, the ...

For a vampire bat, a neurologically impaired deer is an ideal target. These fist-sized mammals survive solely on blood, ...

When researchers in April published a paper raising the possibility that two Texas hunters had died from eating deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease, Krysten Schuler braced herself for the ...