CWD spreading.....mad cow can't be far behind..

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300 DEER SHOT IN COLORADO TO CHECK WASTING DISEASE

State agents must kill 300 deer in western Colorado to check

a dangerous disease that crossed the Continental Divide

and jeopardizes the multimillion-dollar hunting industry,

an official said Wednesday. Last week Gov. Bill Owens said

chronic wasting disease, a brain-rotting disease akin to

mad cow disease, was discovered in western Colorado among

wild deer. " This is potentially a very serious business

for Colorado. Until now, one of our best weapons for containing

the disease was the Continental Divide. Now that barrier

has been broken, " Owens said at the time of the announcement.

 

 

Source: Reuters

 

http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/04/04042002/reu_46845.asp

CANADA FINDS MAD ELK DISEASE HAS SPREAD TO ALBERTA

Canadian food and wildlife officials were awaiting further

test results Wednesday after discovering an elk on an Alberta

ranch with the western Canadian province's first case of

chronic wasting disease, or CWD, a disorder similar to mad

cow disease. On March 26, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

confirmed that an elk on a game farm in northwestern Alberta

had tested positive for the fatal neurological illness,

sometimes referred to as mad deer, or mad elk, disease.

 

 

Source: Reuters

 

http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/04/04042002/reu_46849.asp