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Deer disease seen for first time in Luzerne County

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A fatal neurological disease is hitting NEPA wildlife.

Two separate cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) have been confirmed by the game commission in Luzerne County, the first cases ever discovered in the county and in northeastern Pennsylvania.

And the discovery impacts every deer hunter in the area.

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The two cases involve a wild deer in Sugarloaf Township, and the other at a deer farm whose location has not yet been released.

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