From: redbeard (Original Message) Sent: 8/17/2002 2:58 PM
West nile 39 states , lymes every where on east coast all the way out to KS. CWD making its way from the west....Hell getting so you afraid to put your ole hunting boot out the door.Dam wonder what else we have in store.Can this be natural or maybe some thing peta has cooked up.Come to think of it you don't hear much from them about the deer kill off in Wis

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From: Nitro Sent: 8/18/2002 11:54 PM
Redbeard

I have heard of the disease problems in Eastern US deer before, and I think you posted something about it some time ago.

What exactly is West Nile disease? Is it mosquito borne? Effects and symtoms? I am a little in the dark on this one.

CWD?

Is this similar to Jacob Kreuzefeld Disease? Is it a "brain" disease in beasts?

Deer are not native to Australia. In South Australia the government officially views them as pests (ie not "native"). Hunting organisations have had to fight hard overtime to keep viable herds in existence along with some land owners.

Just recently a large number of fallow deer were shot out by government shooters in a "management area" of a club I belong to. Some red deer were wild in the area and had been found to have become infected. So there was an excuse to shoot a large number of fallow deer and after at least 60 being shot, having found no infections they were forced to stop.

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From: redbeard Sent: 8/19/2002 3:08 PM
Yep lymes casued by ticks,i have had that already in 90's .West nile casued by blood suckers