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  • Two Scary Deer Illnesses Are Spreading in the U.S.

    Two Scary Deer Illnesses Are Spreading in the U.S.

    It’s a perilous time right now for deer in America. On Monday, Minnesota officials enacted an emergency order to stop the local travel and importation of farmed deer, in hopes of slowing down the spread of a universally fatal prion disease among wild deer. Meanwhile, in Vermont, wildlife officials today announced the first known case…