A 2022 study by Diel and others found that across five states surveyed in 2021, SARS-CoV-2 was found in up to 40% of white-tailed deer.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-01-deer-sars-cov-variants-extinct-humans.html

In defiance, I’d often run through the museum with my tennis shoes on, with only a silenced javelina or white-tailed deer around to witness my blatant disregard.

Source: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2023/12/23/beauty-in-the-beasts-my-pledge-to-make-the-best-of-life/

They say the findings “raised concerns about the role of white-tailed deer in the epidemiology and ecology of the virus.”

Source: https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/world/white-tailed-deer-could-reintroduce-some-covid-strains-to-humans-study/wcm/e8772dd3-297e-4b08-a483-f3a57d5d030d

They will eat anything, from as small as a field mouse to as big as a white-tailed deer, and even reptiles and birds.

Source: https://www.nhpr.org/show/something-wild/2023-02-24/something-wild-are-there-more-bobcats-in-nh-or-just-more-wildlife-cameras

"Urban areas are going green, which is a good thing, but all this new green space attracts white-tailed deer and coyotes, and with them come the ticks.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-tick-borne-bourbon-virus-infects-people.html