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Kendall County Forest Preserve District examining fatal deer disease at Saturday workshop · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Forest Preserve District examining fatal deer disease at
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  Speaker 1: Saturday workshop. Written by Joey Weslow, This article is being
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  Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: There is a fatal neurological disease that makes deer lose
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  Speaker 1: their fear of humans. As the brain and central nervous
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  Speaker 1: system deteriorate, the deer wastes way like an infected zombie
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  Speaker 1: losing control of its body. The Kendall County Forest Preserved
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  Speaker 1: District is hosting an educational workshop on the chronic wasting
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  Speaker 1: disease that killed around five hundred and ninety nine white
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  Speaker 1: tailed deer in Illinois between twenty twenty four and twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources,
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  Speaker 1: chronic wasting, often called zombie deer disease, affects deer, elk, moose,
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  Speaker 1: and similar animals, but the disease has not been shown
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  Speaker 1: to infect people, according to the Senate for Disease Control
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  Speaker 1: and Prevention. The session Deer Diaries Exploring White Tailed Deer
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  Speaker 1: Entice workshop is from nine am to three pm on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday at Pickerel Picket Forest Preserve in Yorkville. The cost
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  Speaker 1: is ten dollars plus a one dollar convenience fee. The
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  Speaker 1: workshop is open to all educators, formal and non formal
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  Speaker 1: of students grades eight to twelve. Pre service teachers are welcome.
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  Speaker 1: Supplemental resources will be provided. Also, professional development hours are available.
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  Speaker 1: The Forest Preserve District is inviting the public to learn
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  Speaker 1: about the life history and challenges faced by deer in Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: This educational unit for high school students can assist in
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  Speaker 1: studying pre on diseases, including chronic wasting disease. The Forest
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  Speaker 1: Preserve District said in a release. The workshop helps investigate
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  Speaker 1: chronic wasting disease and the strategies for mitigation. You can
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  Speaker 1: register and learn more by visiting ENTICE Workshops dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Dot entis is part of the idn r's Division of Education.