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29th August 2016
07:03pm BST

“There was an especially heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon. The herd was probably struck dead by lightning. This is very special. I’ve heard of cattle being killed by lightning, but not in such huge volumes.”Samples of the reindeer's blood and tissue will now be tested in laboratories for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the reindeer equivalent of mad cow disease that is only found in adult animals such as mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk or moose. https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/770019360845008897 CWD had been detected in both Norwegian reindeer and elk earlier this year, however according to Sputnik news, there is no evidence of the transmission of this disease to humans. As of yet, the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate have not confirmed how they will dispose of the deer carcasses.
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