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Virginia Deer Dropping Dead
From Viral Disease
The National Review
9-11-2

NEWPORT NEWS, Va (AP) -- Deer are collapsing dead on fairways at Deer Run golf course in Newport News.
 
State wildlife biologists blame a viral disease spread by biting gnats. City parks officials say more than 40 white-tailed deer have died from hemorrhagic disease in less than a month. Parks officials estimate that between 600 and 700 deer roam the eight-thousand-acre park in the city's northern end.
 
State game officials say outbreaks of the viral disease are fairly common, usually in the late summer and early fall. The disease causes internal bleeding and high fevers, and can kill the deer within two days.
 
State wildlife biologist Phil West says more widespread outbreaks have occurred in the Piedmont area of the state, and there have been reports of cases in Williamsburg and Gloucester, James City and Middlesex counties.
 
 
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