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Stench of deer dying from disease overwhelms some communities
Posted: Wed 5:33 PM, Sep 06, 2017
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A disease killing thousands of deer in Kentucky is frustrating hunters and people who live near the stench of the dead animals.
"We've been receiving reports since mid-July. They've been increasing in volume since about that time."
Gabe Jenkins is the Deer and Elk Program Coordinator for the department of Fish & Wildlife. He says a recent outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in Kentucky's whitetail deer population is one of the worst in a decade. Jenkins says that outbreak will grow over the next month or so. He also says the virus is only affecting about a third of the state.
"Our hunters in eastern Kentucky are probably going to be impacted the most because that's where the outbreak is occurring; but also it's our lowest deer densities in the state," Jenkins said...
Stench of deer dying from disease overwhelms some communities
Posted: Wed 5:33 PM, Sep 06, 2017
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A disease killing thousands of deer in Kentucky is frustrating hunters and people who live near the stench of the dead animals.
"We've been receiving reports since mid-July. They've been increasing in volume since about that time."
Gabe Jenkins is the Deer and Elk Program Coordinator for the department of Fish & Wildlife. He says a recent outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in Kentucky's whitetail deer population is one of the worst in a decade. Jenkins says that outbreak will grow over the next month or so. He also says the virus is only affecting about a third of the state.
"Our hunters in eastern Kentucky are probably going to be impacted the most because that's where the outbreak is occurring; but also it's our lowest deer densities in the state," Jenkins said...