Deer Disease Threatens Herds Across the Country

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Dec. 17, 2022 | Ben Kesling

[bc42875]

Here in northern Westchester NY I have actually seen these deer standing in the middle of the road during heavy traffic just drooling profusely. I had informed the DEC of it and they seemed appreciative that I let them know the exact address. They said they’ve been having a big problem with it.

[MinorityRepublican]

Here in northern Westchester NY I have actually seen these deer standing in the middle of the road during heavy traffic just drooling profusely.

Yeah that ain't normal.

[bigfootbob]

I live in a small beach town that has more Blacktail Deer than Winter residents. Misguided residents and tourists feed the critters to a point Deer don’t fear cars, Dogs, or people.

We sane folks including the fish and game wardens warn every Spring/Fall & Summer that they are loving the critters to death. We already have Elk Hoof rot in this state, it won’t be long before this stuff creeps in.

Want to see the effect of anthropomorphism on display? Damn Disney & Hanna/Barbera.

[cuz1961]

Maybe we can end car wrecks with deer forever

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I wondered why a deer would be walking down I-5.

Last week a biker hit it in Anderson stretch, his girlfriend pulled over to help him and both were hit and killed by another car.

Very.
Sad.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Another indication of the sixth great dying.

[SgtHooper]

Obviously, CWD has migrated to at least ONE human! :-)

[dsrtsage]

“ I wondered why a deer would be walking down I-5.”

I don’t see too many deer on interstates very often, but I flew into Nashville and drove to Chattanooga a few weeks ago and along I-24 there were miles and miles of dead deer on the road toppled like bowling pins

[Fury]

Stay away from CNS tissue of deer and folks will be okay.

[deport]

along I-24 there were miles and miles of dead deer on the
road toppled like bowling pins

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Either let the hunters have at them or leave it to road kill
to thin the herds.

[Clay Moore]

Around here, the deer get smashed on the road during rut. If you see one run across the road, hit the brakes because there are likely more behind it.

[vetvetdoug]

The so called definitive study that claimed that CWD was not zoonotic used 20 primates. All ten of one of the group of primates contracted the disease and the ten macaques didn't. Just call me skeptical because slow viruses (old name for prions) jump species. I believe that neural tissue from deer may be zoonotic as the study group for stating that the disease wasn't transmissible would not pass the most rudimentary statistical tests for validity. Tennessee has a real problem, as does Arkansas. Mississippi got on the problem quickly only to find out that Tennessee had ignored the problem and was out of control before they even began to try to identify the problem.

[MinorityRepublican]

I believe that neural tissue from deer may be zoonotic as the study group for stating that the disease wasn't transmissible would not pass the most rudimentary statistical tests for validity.

Interesting. I never heard about that before.