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Dan Skinner, the forest wildlife manager for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, heads into the woods to retrieve his vehicle after a night of attempted sharpshooting at Lowden-Miller State Forest in Ogle County, Ill., March 23, 2026. In Illinois and other states, officials hoped that culls could halt the progress of chronic wasting disease,Êa fatal, contagious prion disease affecting cervids (deer, elk, moose). Now they are losing hope. (Julia Rendleman/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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