[hoosierskypilot]

How true. One state up north (Wisconsin?) required its hunters to cut off the deer's head and submit it for testing. That'd definitely turn me off. It'd be about like a recall on your microwave oven, and when you turn it in, the guy that takes it is wearing one of those suits that protect against radiation, saying, "Oh, don't worry, it won't hurt you!

[Cindy]

LINKS OF INTEREST:

CDC.gov: "BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE"

ROCKY MOUNATAIN NEWS.com: "KILLER IN THE HERDS"

WTOP (AP): "ILLINOIS CONFIRMS DEER WASTING DISEASE" (ARTICLE NOTE: "In Wisconsin, where 40 infected deer have been found, officials want hunters to kill the state's entire herd _ at least 25,000 deer _ to eradicate the disease. Illinois officials said they need to test more animals before planning their response. Chronic wasting disease is related to mad cow disease and damages brain and nerve tissue.") (110202)

CNN.com: "COHEN: THE UNITED STATES' FIRST MAD COW VICTIM" (101702)

THE STAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR (CP): "'MAD COW' STRAIN KILLS SASKATCHEWAN MAN 71 Saskatoon Patients Alerted to Possible Exposure" (080902)

MSNBC.com (AP): "DEER DISEASE FEARED IN HUMAN DEATHS" (073102)

CENTER>WKOW TV.com: "WASTING DISEASE" (071502)

JERUSALEM POST.com: "FIRST CASE OF MAD COW CONFIRMED" (060502)

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