During the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK, there was a shock-horror
revelation in some newspapers that red deer are susceptible and some had
tested positive. The opinion was expressed that, unless something urgent
was done about it, it would become endemic in wild deer and remain a
constant source of infection for domestic cattle. In spite of massive culls
of cattle at horrendous expense, to the best of my knowledge nothing was
done about the deer. Could this be because the authorities realised that
nothing could realistically be done about it ? I merely pass this on, I
have no special knowledge of it (does anyone out there ?). Tony N-S.
