Anthrax has killed over 50 animals in Wyoming — what's the risk to people?

Brown and white cow with a tag on their right ear looks up at the camera. The cow appears to be among black cows. The tag on it's ear reads "51".

An outbreak of naturally occurring anthrax has killed at least 50 animals, including cattle and a moose, in Wyoming.

In a statement released Sept. 3, the Wyoming Livestock Board confirmed that "multiple beef herds" in Carbon County, near Elk Mountain, had contracted anthrax — the first confirmed cases of the disease in Wyoming cattle since the 1970s. The same day, in a statement on its website, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed a case of anthrax in a dead moose in Carbon County. It has been almost 70 years since an anthrax case in wildlife has been reported in the state, department officials wrote.