Two years ago the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation placed a statewide ban on the feeding of whitetail deer. This ban was put in place in fear of Chronic Wasting Disease spreading within New York State. The farthest east that CWD has been found is Northern Illinois ... disease (CWD) is a transmissible neurological disease that affects deer and elk. In affected animals the disease creates small lesions in the brain and causes loss of body condition, behavioral abnormalities and death. CWD is compared to mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep. CWD is classified as a...

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