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Posted March 21, 2022 9:49 a.m. EDT Updated March 21, 2022 9:51 a.m. EDT AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to GmailShare to Yahoo MailShare to More

By CNN Newsource

Johnsonburg, Pa. — Deer have been leaping to their deaths in a northwest Pennsylvania town.

The residents working to save them say the animals plummet off a bypass.

"Recently, since we lived on the other side of the bypass, we've had 25 deer jump to their death in a populated area," said Bill Boylan. "That end of the bypass is probably more dangerous than any other area."

Boylan and other residents said they tried reaching out to the Pennsylvania state Department of Transportation, but they did not get the response they were hoping for.

New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds – The New York Times

New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds – The New York Times

White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the first time the variant has been reported in wild animals.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that white-tailed deer are easily infected by the virus. The results are likely to intensify concerns that deer, which are widely distributed across the United States and live near humans, could become a reservoir for the virus and a potential source of new variants.

Goats and Soda : NPR

How SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer could alter the course of the pandemic : Goats and Soda : NPR

Scientists have evidence that SARS-CoV-2 spreads explosively in white-tailed deer, and the virus is widespread in this deer population across the U.S.

Researchers say the findings are quite concerning and could have vast implications for the long-term course of the global pandemic.

Since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged, there have been several signs that white-tailed deer would be highly susceptible to the virus — and that many of these animals were catching it across the country.