Additional cases of CWD confirmed in Lauderdale County

The number of cases of chronic wasting disease is increasing, with today’s announcement of two more cases in northern Lauderdale County in northwest Alabama. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said the new cases of chronic wasting disease in hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer bring Alabama’s total number of confirmed CWD cases to five. CWD in Alabama’s deer herd was first detected in Lauderdale County in January 2022. After the first case was confirmed, all of Lauderdale and Colbert counties were designated a CWD Management Zone (CMZ). So far during the 2023-2024 hun