[SJackson]

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[afraidfortherepublic]

isconsin deer ping

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[MasterGunner01]

The biggest threat to the deer population in the USA comes from Chronic Wasting Disease. Thirty some years ago CWD was isolated to the Rocky Mountain states. Then some idiot Wisconsin wild game farm brought in a couple of infected animals. Several of the infected animals escaped and they passed the disease on to the previously uninfected local deer herds. Thanks to human greed and stupidity, CWD was allowed to expand its reach by over 950 miles East.

Since the time CWD was identified in NE Wisconsin, its effects have been like a stone thrown into a pond, expanding like ripples. Wisconsin's number of infected counties have climbed. The disease has migrated south to IL and effected the NE quadrant of the state. To their credits, the state Departments of Natural Resources or Conservation have collaborated to fight CWD, but there remains no “magic bullet” to slay this beast. Meanwhile, the cancer continues to grow and spread.