The geysers aren’t the only thing foaming at the mouth.
Source: ‘Zombie’ deer disease confirmed at Yellowstone — officials warn to…
This is so sad. This is mad cow disease transferred to deer because the Midwest was feeding cattle feed to increase the deer population for better hunting in the spring. It is also in elk but I don’t know whether the elk cases have crossed the Rockies yet.
The worrisome thing is that there is a British study suggesting that dogs can get this disease from canned dog food. http://siriusdog.com/dog-food-mad-cow/amp/
There’s a huge amount of politics involved in this because it is the US meat producers that caused 90% of the problem. The US was using sick cows, cows that were too sick to stand and be butchered, as ground up protein supplement for … You guessed it – cows. This is the primary way that the mad cow prion disease was spread. Feeding ground up cows to cows. And the US was also using it a lot in pet food. So it’s your choice whether to believe the European study, or all the American studies that assure us that there is no link to pets. But realize if the European studies are correct this could mean that our newly established and beneficial wolf population is in serious danger.
Best to you all!!!
Bob