102213 UPDATE – Mystery of Big New Mexico Elk Die-off – Toxic Green Algae?

– “I've never seen anything like this. And I've talked with other wildlife biologists who've seen large die-offs, and I've not run across anyone who has seen anything of this magnitude.”

– “It is probably really doubtful that hemorrhagic disease would be the cause because hemorrhagic disease is an infectious disease and would run a course through time before that many animals died and they wouldn’t die  in such close proximity to each other”

- Kerry Mower, Wildlife Health Specialist, NM Dept. of Game and Fish