White-tail deer dying in eleven counties
The Associated Press
CALHOUN, Ky. --The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is investigating disease deaths of white-tailed deer in western Kentucky.
The worst outbreak of what is suspected to be hemorrhagic disease is in McLean County, but is also reported in ten other counties. Wildlife Biologist Danny Watson says the disease is carried through the bite of gnats. He says more than 20 dead deer have been reported in McLean County and he says weak and emaciated deer are being found in or near water.
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