SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is sounding the alarm about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and has implemented a new law prohibiting the feeding of wild deer, elk, and moose to help prevent its spread.
Wildlife officials are asking for public cooperation to protect the wildlife.
“This disease is 100% fatal, and there’s no cure. So we have to prevent animals from spreading it around, and one way we can do that is to ask people in Washington to not feed animals,” said Melia DeVivo, ungulate research scientist with the department…