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Emergency rules track breeder deer movement

AUSTIN — In response to continued positive detections of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer breeding facilities, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has adopted an emergency rule implementing additional movement and testing restrictions for whitetailed deer in deer breeding facilities.

In 2023 alone, CWD has been detected in nine deer breeding facilities in seven counties. Fourteen counties have had p…

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