A live opossum was recently captured at a freight transporting warehouse near Hilo Harbor. On August 12, warehouse workers observed an opossum within their container staging area. The workers initially contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which subsequently notified the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture, Biosecurity (DAB), Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) in Hilo. PQB staff responded arrived at the site and discovered freight workers had a…
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