Yeah the poaching is bad around here at times, but the blue-tounge seemed to wipe out a lot more in the past years. I think the herds are getting over it though.

Back about 4-5 years ago, the local wildlife biologist for the area estimated about 1/3 of the population(in the county) was killed from Blue-tounge. But it seems to be something that comes and goes, and shows up sparatically, from what I've seen