Re: Those Deer !

In a message dated 7/31/02 8:31:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, llmen@wi.rr.com 
writes:

<< 
 Here in Wisconsin, we are facing an altogether different problem with 
 the deer, Chronic Wasting Disease, which is to deer and elk as Mad 
 Cow Disease is to cattle.  >>


Since we have deer herds in Columbia Couonty that resemble those prints you 
see of buffalo in the west, great waves of animals I should think we would 
have heard of Chronic Wasting Disease,  This is entirely new to me.   If it 
is linked, even remotely, to Mad Cow Disease, can you blame hunters for 
leaving the deer alone?  I wonder sometimes why one part of this country has 
not the faintest idea of what is happening in another part.  We have vast 
deer herds here all up and down the Hudson River flatlands from NYC to the 
mountains.

I am glad you posted this, one does not like surprises as this might be one 
day upon opening the newspaper.

I live closest to Albany, NY where the NYS Health Dept. does these 
investigations and we are currently very interested in dead crows that have 
died from West Nile virus.  I have read this is now found across the country. 
 It is a nearly fatal virus carried by birds that have been bitten by 
mosquitos.  Since nobody died this year it is just news stories.  I am 
curious as to why we have not heard of your deer problems, we certainly have 
enough of them.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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