Anthrax Outbreak Strikes Wyoming: Moose and Cattle Deaths Stir Health Concerns Amid Historic Disease Resurgence
ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. — A serious anthrax outbreak has been reported in Wyoming, affecting both livestock and wildlife in the state, marking the first such occurrence among wildlife since 1956 and among cattle since the 1970s. Wyoming officials and health experts are now tackling the rare but serious bacterial infection which is capable of affecting both animals and humans. The presence of anthrax was first identified this week in a moose carcass in Carbon County, …