The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) hosted a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 13, 2022, to discuss the recent detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a hunter harvested, white-tailed deer in Lauderdale County. The meeting took place at the University of North Alabama’s Norton Auditorium, located at 550 N. Pine Street, in Florence, Alabama.
During the meeting, WFF officials provided an overview of ADCNR’s response to the detection of CWD in Lauderdale County, including a new hunting regulation and CWD Management Zone for Lauderdale and Colbert counties. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session.
CWD is a contagious neurological disease of white-tailed deer and other deer species. The disease is caused by a mutated protein called a prion and is always fatal for white-tailed deer. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports no strong evidence that CWD can infect humans.
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