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TWRA warns baiting raises CWD risk; commission to hold baiting rule hearing tomorrow
Summary
Agency experts said baiting concentrates deer, increases disease transmission and long‑term CWD prevalence; TWRA will propose continued bans on baiting/feeding inside the CWD management zone and use the zone to coordinate regulations, with a rule hearing scheduled for the following day.
TWRA staff gave a technical briefing on chronic wasting disease (CWD) and how proposed baiting policy could affect disease transmission and deer population resilience. The presentation was informational; staff said a baiting rule hearing is scheduled for the commission the following day.
Assistant Chief of Game Species Mark McBride explained CWD is caused by a prion, has no treatment or vaccine and “is 100 percent fatal.” He told commissioners that prions persist in the environment for decades and…
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