Concerns are being raised in the deerstalking community about tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). Towards the end of last year, a person in Yorkshire was confirmed to have contracted the disease — the first confirmed domestically acquired case of the virus.
In an exclusive feature for, regular contributor Al Gabriel calls for action to prevent widespread infection among the deerstalking community this season, adding: “It is horrifying that we now must contend with a disease that will kill or disable far more aggressively than Lyme disease.”
