Chronic wasting disease reaches Dickson and Williamson counties, threatening local wildlife. With no cure, TWRA urges hunters to submit deer for testing.

CWD was detected in white-tailed deer in two new Tennessee counties, with the TWRA increasing disease surveillance and encouraging hunter participation in testing.

Officials with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has detected Chronic Wasting Disease in deer from two more counties.

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After an uptick of “Zombie deer disease” cases in Middle Tennessee, cases have been confirmed in two more counties.

Tennessee has expanded restrictions meant to keep a deadly deer disease from entering Tennessee. Chronic Wasting Disease, which affects the central nervous system of deer, elk and other cervids, leads ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be operating chronic wasting disease (CWD) sampling stations across the state on the opening day of the 2025 muzzleloader season, Saturday, Nov. 8, to ...

A mule deer killed in Ferry County this past hunting season tested positive for chronic wasting disease in tests performed by a private testing company. However, the tests were inconclusive for CWD ...