In a scattershot pattern that now extends from coast to coast, continental US states have been announcing new hotspots of chronic wasting disease (CWD).

The contagious and always-fatal neurodegenerative disorder infects the cervid family that includes deer, elk, moose and, in higher latitudes, reindeer. There is no vaccine or treatment.

    • Ech
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      23 days ago

      A reason to return them, sure, but that’s not what the comment says.

      • Seems like that’s what it was infering, given the quote above it. Like, “There’s a reason they live in proximity” meaning “we shouldn’t interfere with that”