Yes, Mtnsnake we've known that for a while. Not being critical.
CWD is/was in other States BEFORE it was identified here LAST yr. 2016.
Coincidence or not, OUR core area of CWD is focused EXACTLY where Elk FROM
Co. were imported and released.
I hear that the brains in Colorado turned it loose in the wild to see what it did, way back. When we got Elk from them is probably where it came from in Arkansas. Could be from tame deer that people had before that became illegal, but most likely from the elk. miles
Again I'm not being critical NOR blaming Co. for CWD in Ark but it could be that's how it got here.
Also Missouri had CWD before Ark and it COULD have been transplanted here by scavengers??
Oddly again, it's central location is IN the area Elk were imported here from Co.
Jerry
