Chronic Wasting Disease

As the “deer rancher” in the legislature works to dismantle Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, perhaps we should be dismantling “deer ranching” instead. In 2000, CWD was isolated to a pocket in Colorado and Wyoming. Now it’s spread to 36 states to include Texas (see map). Infected deer don’t just miracle their butts all over the map unless they are loaded up and shipped, which is what “deer ranchers” do.