Adenovirus — United States
Last week [week of 13 Jul 2015] a woman walked into The Nugget office and reported she was seeing fewer mule deer does with fawns in the area where she lives east of Sisters [Deschutes County]. She contacted the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and wondered if others in Sisters Country had the same concerns.
According to Cory Heath, wildlife biologist for ODFW, this has, indeed, been a poor year for fawn survival. The reason is a growing threat from what appears to be
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