Deer To Be Checked For Poisoning

Organ samples from a yearling doe have been collected for testing to determine if the animal was possibly poisoned. The organ samples will be taken to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game wildlife health lab in Caldwell for analysis, said Laura Wolf, a regional wildlife biologist for Fish and Game in Coeur d’Alene. “We have received reports of several dead does in Dalton Gardens over the past week,” Wolf said Monday. “The wildlife health lab may be able to determine if this death was due to poison, disease, or other potential causes of death.” She expects to have results sometime next week, but possibly by the end of this week. Lt. Stu Miller of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said the deer being tested was shot by a deputy Sunday afternoon/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

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