Matt Willemsen
To manage chronic wasting disease, some animals die so more can live
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-chronic-disease-animals-die.html #BritishColumbia #Biology #Ecology #ChronicWastingDisease #deer #cervids #prions #CWD
To manage chronic wasting disease, some animals die so more can live

Things are moving quickly, and they need to. On March 13, the Government of British Columbia announced that it would be harvesting 25 deer in the Kootenays. This announcement came six weeks after chronic wasting disease (CWD)—a 100% fatal disease of cervids (deer, elk, moose, caribou)—was first detected in the province.

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Mar 31, 2024 at 9:55amSpoutible
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@mattotcha

Looks like a much needed action.

Though the avoidance of the word "kill" and the words and phrases used to replace it - "remove", "die" etc - gets creepy after a while, like they're playing some game.

#Prions are amazing things.
Is it Norway where they're not sure if they survive in the groundwater for a looooong time?