March 17, 2011
Are you wearing green today? If not, PINCH!……. I had never heard of Chronic Wasting Disease until I ran into this articles. It seems that last year, an archery hunter killed a whitetail deer not too far from Pine Island, Minnesota that tested positive for the disease. As a result, Minnesota wildlife officials have quarantined several private Elk farms in the Pine Island vicinity, putting the hurt to the owners of these businesses. It seems that Chronic Wasting Disease is a brain ailment that always kills the animal. Besides whitetail deer, it affects Elk and Moose. I wonder how long it will be before this terrible affliction will spread to the rest of the Country? Please read the complete story from Dennis Anderson, Columnist for the startribune.com. in the first link and the article by Doug Smith, also a Columnist for the same entity in the second link: