Pa. Game Commission adopts new plan in effort to curb chronic wasting disease

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are hoping a new plan to manage the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) will prevent it from infecting more deer in Westmoreland County and elsewhere in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

About 300 square miles of the northeastern corner of the county is part of a management area after a deer with the deadly disease was found there last year. Commission spokesman Bob Frye said patterns of spread have emerged elsewhere in the state, resulting in more deer testing positive and the land included in zones being increased.

“While the spread may not occur rapidly, there is a possibility for more detections to occur in Westmoreland County,” he said.

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