Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was recently detected in a whitetail buck shot in Kaufman County. This is the first positive detection of CWD in the county, according to reports from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The buck, harvested at a high-fence release site located in a CWD Surveillance Zone, was delivered to a Hunt County CWD check station in compliance with surveillance zone requirements. TPWD and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received notice of the CWD-positive test result...