Hunters with freezers full of meat in B.C.’s Okanagan say they feel left in the dark after the provincial government announced that it is investigating a potential case of chronic wasting disease.

On Nov. 24, the B.C. government informed the public it is investigating after abnormal proteins were found in the brain of a male white-tailed deer that was harvested east of Enderby.

B.C. investigating possible case of 'zombie deer disease' in Okanagan

The sample has been submitted to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for further testing, with results expected by early December.

Chronic wasting disease is an infectious and fatal illness affecting species such as deer, elk, moose and caribou. It's caused by an abnormal protein called a prion.

David West, the president of the Enderby Fish

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