Other Animal Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) plans to conduct a broad-based survey this summer [2014] of elk with hoof disease in southwest Washington and will likely euthanize those with severe symptoms of the crippling ailment.
To help with the survey, state wildlife managers plan to enlist dozens of volunteers to assist them in assessing the prevalence and geographic distribution of the disease in the St Helens and Willapa Hills elk herds.
To minimize the spread of the
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