Post by Poor Richard on Nov 15, 2023 18:00:59 GMT -7
Yellowstone works to contain fatal disease in national park after deer tests positive
Fox News reports "The National Park Service announced on Tuesday that Chronic Wasting Disease was found in a carcass of an adult male mule deer in Yellowstone National Park.
This is the first confirmed positive detection of CWD in the park, a confirmation made by Yellowstone and Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials.
CWD is a contagious, fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that causes physiological and behavioral changes, starvation and death, the NPS said."
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This is the first confirmed positive detection of CWD in the park, a confirmation made by Yellowstone and Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials.
CWD is a contagious, fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that causes physiological and behavioral changes, starvation and death, the NPS said."
Read the full story here.