Chronic Wasting Disease

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory tested more than 5,300 samples in 2025. It detected chronic wasting disease in 3 new deer and 6 new elk hunt areas.

Wyoming is the only state with a robust feeding program. While likely on the way out, there’s no set timeline for closure.

A map of disposal sites is on the department's website. It's hoping to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease.

Wyoming Game and Fish tested thousands of animals for the always fatal disease, which spread rapidly through ungulates last year.

The state said the rapid detections on feedgrounds were anticipated, but still concerning.

Chronic wasting disease has struck the Black Butte elk feedground, making it the third feedground in the past three months. The fatal disease threatens to topple western Wyoming’s roughly 20,000 fed elk.

Recent chronic wasting disease cases on a feedground near Bondurant tells one wildlife biologist that disease prevalence in that area is higher than previously thought.

Wyoming has hit another unfortunate milestone: A second elk feedground with chronic wasting disease. The detection has the potential to threaten the future of western Wyoming’s elk herds.

A chronic wasting disease case was confirmed in two elk on the Dell Creek Feedground, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. This is the second incident of CWD on a feedground in Wyoming ever.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) has detected the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease on an elk feedground in the state.