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

A fatal neurological disease that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first time, state wildlife officials have announced.

A deer harvested in Lanier County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). DNR said the case was found in a two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer.

Lanier and Berrien Counties are now considered “Chronic Wasting Disease” management areas by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This declaration comes after a two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer,