CWD detected for first time in southern ArkansasThe Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) recently announced the first positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) test in a hunter-harvested deer in Union County, far from the nearest known positive finding in the state.The white-tail deer was taken in Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, with the sample collected at a check station for the annual modern gun deer hunt.
CWD was confirmed by the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Madison. The detection is especially concerning, because the CWD-positive animal was shot in deer management zone 12, which is known as the state's "deer factory," according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.In a Dec 2 statement, the AGFC said the source of the