Monday, January 30, 2006
MOST OF US WOULD CALL IT VENISON
Editorial: Extra caution with deer meat
From the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jan. 29, 2006
New findings on chronic wasting disease only add emphasis to points that the state Department of Natural Resources (and we) have made before: Don't eat meat from an infected deer. All animals killed in an area where the disease has been found should be tested.
I don't know much about the backgrounds of the Journal Sentinel's editorial writers, but I have to wonder their planet of home origin. Most people in Wisconsin are pretty familiar with the word venison, and would find it rather awkward to say "deer meat." Probably illustrative of a larger problem.
