It's Official -- Mad Cow disease in Canada
by William Cooper

Veritas News Service -- Exclusive, April 13, 2001 -- The Canadian government confirmed there has been an outbreak of Mad Cow Disease. It is being spread from the ranched elk to wild populations of whitetail deer in Saskatchewan, near Saskatoon, in an area known for trophy class whitetails. Officials plan to kill over 2100 whitetail deer in hopes of curbing spread of the disease.

This follows on reports of Mad Cow infecting deer and elk in Colorado which spread to Wyoming and Nebraska. It has been speculated that the disease in Colorado was spread from escaped deer and elk that was inoculated with the disease for study by the University of Colorado at Fort Collins.

Canadian officials are warning hunters to avoid getting spinal and brain tissue from getting on the meat and infecting you. Quite interesting isn't it. This has occured despite strong warnings from hunting groups and wildlife associations that ranching elk will prove disastrous in future to wild game species.