JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Horse smuggling raises new concerns over U.S. screwworm threat
The New World screwworm was eradicated from the United States decades ago, but it has recently returned to the region, reports say
NYTIMES (James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas) - Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico
For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Trump cabinet members take questions at the White House
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took questions from reporters outside the White House Thursday on a range of topics including the New World Screw Worm outbreak and the U.S. national debt.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - New World screwworm outbreak freezes Texas pet adoptions, puts thousands of shelter animals at risk
A flesh-eating parasite that crossed from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years has shut down interstate pet transfers from Texas, leaving overcrowded shelters facing a surge in euthanasia. Forty-four states have now restricted the movement of dogs and cats from screwworm-infested areas of Texas, choking off the pipeline that […] The post New World screwworm outbreak freezes Texas pet adoptions, puts thousands of shelter animals at risk appeared first on American Almanac .
A flesh-eating parasite that crossed from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years has shut down interstate pet transfers from Texas, leaving overcrowded shelters facing a surge in euthanasia. Forty-four states have now restricted the movement of dogs and cats from screwworm-infested areas of Texas, choking off the pipeline that normally sends tens of thousands of unadopted animals each year to shelters and rescue groups in the Northeast, the Great Lakes, and beyond. Florida banned imports of rescued dogs and cats from Texas and New Mexico roughly a week after the first screwworm case appeared in Texas this year. New York blocked transfers for weeks before reinstating them with a new requirement: a veterinarian must…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Screwworm Strikes Back
Biden’s open-border policies may have brought a plague of flesh-eating parasites to America’s southern border. The post Screwworm Strikes Back appeared first on The American Conservative .
Agriculture Agriculture Screwworm Strikes Back Biden’s open-border policies may have brought a plague of flesh-eating parasites to America’s southern border. Andrew J. Whitaker/San Antonio Express-News via Getty Images The most grotesque legacy of Joe Biden’s border policy may be a fly. The migration surge his administration helped unleash overwhelmed governments across Central America, enriched the cartels engaging in human and livestock trafficking, and weakened the systems meant to prevent the illegal movement of animals. As caravans of illegal immigrants bound for…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Sarah Davis) - US to reopen border to Mexican cattle imports after screwworm shutdown
The USDA will reopen the livestock port in Douglas, Ariz, on Aug. 24. Ports in two New Mexico border cities, Santa Teresa and Columbus, will reopen after this, pending Mexico’s compliance with the Joint Action Plan adopted to address this outbreak.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - USDA Lets Loose 400 Million Lab-Bred Flies to Counteract Flesh-Eating Screwworms.
The USDA is deploying hundreds of millions of flies bred in a factory to prevent the reestablishment of the New World screwworm in the U.S., a parasite capable of devastating livestock and wildlife, and occasionally infecting humans.
The USDA is deploying hundreds of millions of flies bred in a factory to prevent the reestablishment of the New World screwworm in the U.S., a parasite capable of devastating livestock and wildlife , and occasionally infecting humans. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) has released nearly 400 million sterile flies over Texas and northern Mexico to combat the spread of the New World screwworm , a flesh-eating parasite that threatens livestock, wildlife, pets, and occasionally humans. This effort aims to prevent the parasite from becoming reestablished in the United States after confirmed cases were reported in Texas and New Mexico last month. DETAIL: The campaign relies on breeding sterile insects en…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - USDA opens facility producing millions of sterile flies as screwworm cases rise
New $21 million facility aims to produce millions of sterile flies to stop the spread of flesh-eating livestock parasite.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - Screwworm outbreak could cost Texas livestock industry $1.8B yearly
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warns it will get worse if USDA doesn't do something different.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Screwworm threatens Texas' $32 billion industry if USDA doesn't use full arsenal: AG commissioner
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is calling on federal officials to immediately deploy a decades-old eradication tool he says could wipe out the New World screwworm outbreak in 90 days. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.