RE: Idaho probes nine Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases
Personally i think the good old beef cow would be a far more likely suspect. I'lll bet an elk is a thousand times safer to eat as I have never witnessed an elk consuming another elk.
Lets face it the USDA has done a terrible job testing for mad cow and the most suspect of all animals are buried on the back 40 of the ranch or feeding the coyotes, and are never tested. State Game Agencies have done a much better job testing for CWD.