LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Three cases of Chronic-Wasting Disease have been detected in parts of Arkansas where they never have been before. Now the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is urging hunters to be on the lookout for this disease, which affects white-tailed deer and elk.
Chronic-Wasting Disease (CWD), also known as zombie deer disease, has been prevalent in portions of North Central and South Arkansas since 2016. But now for the first time, the disease is in Grant and Sevier counties, which is concerning to Arkansas Game and Fish.
In Grant County, one deer was taken southwest of Sheridan, and the other was killed by a hunter near Grapevine. Just 4 miles from the Oklahoma-Arkansas border in Sevier County at the De Queen Lake Wildlife Management Area, the third deer was harvested by a hunter…