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Culprit in Mysterious Elk Deaths Found
Life Science vai Yahoo ^ | 11/7/13 | Benjamin Radford

Posted on 11/08/2013 8:37:22 AM PST by Kartographer

A hunter stumbled upon a bizarre sight on a 75,000-acre ranch north of Las Vegas, N.M., on Aug. 27: the remains of more than 100 dead elk. Livestock deaths are not unusual, but so many animals dying off, and doing so in what seems to be under 24 hours, was puzzling to scientists.

Related StoriesOfficials with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish investigated the mysterious elk deaths and ruled out several possible causes for the elk deaths, including poachers, anthrax, lightning strikes, epizootic hemorrhagic disease (an often-fatal virus known to affect deer and other ruminants), botulism, poisonous plants, malicious poisoning and even some sort of industrial or agricultural accident.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: elk; livestock; newmexico; pondscum; wildlife; worstexcerptever
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To: Kartographer
It's all frolicking and mating until the pond scum arrives!
21 posted on 11/08/2013 9:03:42 AM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: Kartographer

Too sad. Magnificent, healthy animals brought down by blue-green algae.

Don’t they sell blue-green algae as a health aid for humans? Hopefully not the lethal-for-elk Anabaena flos-aquae.


22 posted on 11/08/2013 9:03:45 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: Gaffer

23 posted on 11/08/2013 9:04:11 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Col Freeper
"It's all frolicking and mating until the pond scum arrives!"

But then that's the way it is for everyone.
24 posted on 11/08/2013 9:07:41 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: EEGator

I liked that episode....


25 posted on 11/08/2013 9:12:04 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Impy
Without A Paddle deer
26 posted on 11/08/2013 9:13:32 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Gaffer

It’s the first one.


27 posted on 11/08/2013 9:15:09 AM PST by EEGator
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Roswell is too far away for this to be aliens.

It's not that far from Dulce, NM, though. Lots of craziness reported there, too.

28 posted on 11/08/2013 9:29:42 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Kartographer

Thanks!


29 posted on 11/08/2013 9:49:45 AM PST by CedarDave
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To: Kartographer

Just north of Chama I saw over two thousand Elk come down out of the trees to eat in the valley at dusk.
Sort of like in field of dreams..
WOW!


30 posted on 11/08/2013 10:12:39 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: Joe Boucher

That must have been something to see!


31 posted on 11/08/2013 10:30:11 AM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Kartographer

LOL, ain’t it the truth.


32 posted on 11/08/2013 10:56:25 AM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: Disambiguator

Gack.

More alien BS for tourists. The fake Billy The Kid hideouts and extra grave are enough.


33 posted on 11/08/2013 10:58:43 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: Kartographer

Not aliens. TEA Party’s fault.


34 posted on 11/08/2013 10:59:11 AM PST by YHAOS
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To: leapfrog0202

State road 17 about 5 miles or so north east of the city and maybe two miles from the Colorado state line.
Over the July 4th weekend 4 nights.
Each night there we drove up paralleling an old narrow gauge rail road just about dusk they start coming out. A valley about two or three miles across and you are on one side just watching and man o man what a most beautiful sight.
GOD does some really nice work.


35 posted on 11/08/2013 12:04:01 PM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: Responsibility2nd

You only want to eat the healthy ones.


36 posted on 11/08/2013 12:42:30 PM PST by elkfersupper
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To: Joe Boucher

Those elk are illegally crossing the border. I’ve always thought those animals read state hunting proclamations and know where they are safe. /sarc


37 posted on 11/08/2013 7:32:20 PM PST by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: Kartographer
Culprit in Mysterious Elk Deaths Found

They got food poisoning at the Elks Club.

38 posted on 04/03/2014 5:51:49 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault
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