They're coming for your deer!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/11/15/zombie-deer-disease-e...

"Chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as the “zombie deer disease,” is a contagious and invariably fatal illness that affects cervids, a group of animals that includes deer, elk, caribou, reindeer and moose."

"CWD is not known to infect humans or domestic and livestock animals, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said if the disease did, it would most likely do so through eating infected deer and elk (cooking does not “kill” the prions)."

"Officials at Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Tuesday confirmed a case of CWD in an adult deer buck found near Yellowstone Lake. The discovery marks the first time the disease has been found in the national park, one of the most visited in the country. As “there is no effective strategy to eradicate” CWD once established, park officials said they will now work on identifying areas within the park at risk of CWD, increase monitoring of cervids at the park and increase testing for the disease from carcasses and samples. Officials said the long term impact of animals in the Yellowstone area “is uncertain” and urged people to avoid touching sick or dead wild animals and to alert a National Park Service employee as soon as possible should they encounter such an animal."

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