Louisiana Expands Deer Disease Control Zone After Sick Deer Found

By Daviion Telsee

KALB-TV

Louisiana wildlife officials are expanding the area where special rules apply to help stop the spread of a deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This comes after a sick deer was found in Catahoula Parish.

Now, parts of Caldwell, Richland and LaSalle parishes are included in the CWD control zone. In these areas, hunters will have to follow stricter rules, like not feeding wild deer and being careful about how they move deer carcasses.

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