Hollywood Park’s most recent deer committee meeting held July 10 included a TWPD presentation on chronic wasting disease.
Hollywood Park deer Manager Randy Tomasini said June 1 he was contacted by TPWD about the local case of CWD, which affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose in various parts of North America, Norway and South Korea.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it may take more than one year before an infected animal develops symptoms, which can include weight loss, stumbling, listlessness and other neurologic symptoms. CWD is fatal to animals, and there are no treatments or vaccines, CDC states.
In a message to Hollywood Park residents, Tomasini said this is the first time CWD has been confirmed in an urban setting.
TPWD officials said they will implement disease containment measures and provide recommendations on mitigating disease transmission inside Hollywood Park, where the positive deer was captured in late January as part of an effort to reduce overabundant deer populations.
