WesternWyoming
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Wyoming pronghorn hunters! Very, very bad news.
From Wyofile, "Pronghorn are dropping dead across the western and central portions of the state only a handful of years after the last severe winter that also hammered them. And this year, pronghorn near Pinedale are suffering even more as a strange bacteria, Mycoplasma bovis, has killed more than 200. The bacteria causes pneumonia and once contracted, appears to be universally lethal to the creatures..."
The Wyoming Game & Fish (Pinedale) also reports that there has been 50% mortality in adult pronghorn since Dec. 1st, 2022 and this number is likely to climb.
To date, 275 pronghorn carcasses have been picked up since Feb. 20th, 2023 around Farson, Rock Springs, and Evanston. Normal winter mortality will add to these numbers.
I will continue to update this thread as information comes in.
From Wyofile, "Pronghorn are dropping dead across the western and central portions of the state only a handful of years after the last severe winter that also hammered them. And this year, pronghorn near Pinedale are suffering even more as a strange bacteria, Mycoplasma bovis, has killed more than 200. The bacteria causes pneumonia and once contracted, appears to be universally lethal to the creatures..."
The Wyoming Game & Fish (Pinedale) also reports that there has been 50% mortality in adult pronghorn since Dec. 1st, 2022 and this number is likely to climb.
To date, 275 pronghorn carcasses have been picked up since Feb. 20th, 2023 around Farson, Rock Springs, and Evanston. Normal winter mortality will add to these numbers.
I will continue to update this thread as information comes in.
