Stories Related to ‘zombie’ Deer Disease: Why Deer With Cwd Are Actually Nothing Like Zombies

USA TODAY, Asbury Park Press
Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:30am

Deer suffering from chronic wasting disease are more like dementia patients, and less like violent creatures out to cause an apocalypse, experts say.

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