40,000 trout in Virginia euthanized to prevent spread of fish pandemic

Need to mask the fish.

WTF is a fish pandemic pic.twitter.com/WxntgfaxJD

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MARION, Va. – Officials had to euthanize 40,000 trout in Virginia to prevent the spread of whirling disease, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources announced Thursday.

Whirling disease is caused by a microscopic parasite and leads to skeletal deformities in fish from the trout and salmon family, according to the DWR.

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