The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has scheduled public hearings on July 26 and 29 to discuss the proposed expansion of a Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area. The hearings include possible restrictions on supplemental feeding and the export of deer carcasses from the affected area, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will hold public hearings following the confirmation of a Chronic Wasting Disease case in a wild deer found in March on private land in Catahoula Parish, the first case outside Tensas Parish. A total of 40 cases have been confirmed in the state. The first hearing will be at Grayson Baptist Church Gymnasium in Grayson, and the second at the Jena Community Center in Jena. The department plans to replace the current emergency declaration with a Notice of Intent to expand the Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area to include parts of Caldwell, Catahoula, La Salle, and Richland parishes, and to extend the existing zone in Franklin and Concordia parishes.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is proposing to expand Chronic Wasting Disease control areas. The new areas would include all of Tensas Parish and parts of Madison, Franklin, and Concordia parishes. This follows testing that found the disease in more locations. The plan includes creating management zones with rules like feeding bans to help prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.
