In a scattershot pattern that now extends from coast to coast, continental US states have been announcing new hotspots of chronic wasting disease (CWD).
The contagious and always-fatal neurodegenerative disorder infects the cervid family that includes deer, elk, moose and, in higher latitudes, reindeer. There is no vaccine or treatment.
Seems like that’s what it was infering, given the quote above it. Like, “There’s a reason they live in proximity” meaning “we shouldn’t interfere with that”