Eradicating the fly. Shipping the cause.
USDA is dropping 100 million sterile flies while illegal cattle trucks keep rolling through the unguarded road that actually drives the screwworm north.
Source article: Illegal cattle trafficking drives screwworm's rapid northward spread, experts warn.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- agriculture, environment, health
- Storylines
- invasive-species-outbreaks
- Primary entities
- United States, Central America, Texas, Mexico, New Mexico, Wildlife Conservation Society, Texas A&M University
- Themes
- invasive species, livestock disease, wildlife health, regulatory enforcement
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Informed citizenship