General Discussion

and that exposes them to the infected droppings from other animals with spongiform encephalitis.

I have to wonder how they persuaded deer to eat meat or how well the deer managed to digest it.

Around here, it's elk populations that are infected.

I've seen 3 cases of the human form of the disease and it is horrendous. Caring for those patients put me at a higher risk of developing it, one of my monsters under the bed when I wake up and can't get back to sleep.

The only good news is that human cases are extremely rare, even among hunters who find it a little too easy to bag that deer and then find out it doesn't have a hell of a lot of meat left on its poor bones.