Anyone know how many confirmed cases we’ve had in WA? Maybe I missed it?
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Washington State: Confirmed CWD Cases
1. First Confirmed Case
• Date Detected: July 2024 (announced August 1, 2024)
• Location & Specimen: A white-tailed deer (female) found dead in the Fairwood area north of Spokane County   .
• WDFW had been preparing for CWD for years and ramped up surveillance—this detection triggered expanded testing and adjustments in their disease management strategy    .
2. Second Confirmed Case
• Date Announced: November 15, 2024
• Details: Adult male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter during the opening weekend of firearm deer season, in Spokane County—about 5 miles north of the first case  .
3. Four Additional Cases
• Timing: Mid to late November samples, with results announced in mid-December 2024
• Details:
• Four additional hunter-harvested male white-tailed deer tested positive—bringing the statewide total to six confirmed cases  .
• Three of these were taken within 5 miles of the two initial cases (Spokane area, GMU 124).
• One came from Pend Oreille County (GMU 117), near Davis Lake—marking geographic spread of the disease