A cousin of mad cow, chronic wasting disease is a worry for Jackson Hole’s wildlife economy.
Forrest Keizer, top, and Cole Hansen herd a cow elk infected with chronic wasting disease into a laboratory at the Wyoming Game and Fish Tom Thorne/Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center in Sybille, Wyo. NEWS&GUIDE PHOTO / CORY HATCH
View our entire photo gallery >>By Cory Hatch Jackson Hole, Wyo.
August 6, 2008
Outside a laboratory at the Tom Thorne/Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center at Sybille near Laramie, there’s a clattering of hooves against steel.
A small black-and-white security screen shows a 400-pound female elk barreling down a corridor of corral panels toward us. She charges into a small pen and she stands there – eyes bulging, mouth foaming and teeth clicking in agitation.
Jackson Hole News&Guide | Mysterious, fatal disease bound for elk feedgrounds
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