The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources "humanely euthanized" more than 20 deer at Broadbent Wildlife Sanctuary on Aug. 26, officials said, citing violations of state regulations on deer rehabilitation.

The sanctuary, in Meade County about an hour outside Louisville, said it was raising 22 fawns. But rehabilitation of deer in the county violates regulations meant to curb the spread of a deadly infectious disease, according to the department, which said the facility was unpermitted and holding the deer illegally.

"Chronic Wasting Disease is an always-fatal neurological disease affecting white-tailed deer, elk and other animals in the deer family," a department spokesperson said in a statement. "There is no known cure or vaccine, and the disease can cause months or years of

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