Should We Be Worried About This Deer Disease? (..Yes)

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/they_all_die_in_the_end_pennsy.html

Even though we have tons of problems going on in the environment right with extinction and such, there is now a disease causing deer to be consistently dying off within 18-24 months of exposure to this disease, and not showing any symptoms before hand. This disease is contracted by saliva, urine, and feces. Gross. That's not all, now they are considering there is a risk to people, like hunters who usually consume and cook their meat.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2018 at 9:32 AM

    This could potentially be very harmful not only to the deer population, but also to the hunter culture in Pennsylvania, and the environment. Very unfortunate

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  2. chrheaOctober 8, 2018 at 8:33 AM

    Add your reaction/discussion about the implications of this issue: deer population is related to a number of other organisms populations in an ecosystem... what effect might this have on other species?

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