US EditionUSDA Plans to Dump Billions of Flies over Texas — Here's Why
- Earlier this week, USDA announced a $30 million program to release billions of sterile flies over southern Texas and northern Mexico to combat the resurgence of the flesh-eating screwworm fly.
- The resurgence of the New World Screwworm fly in Mexico after 1966 eradication efforts led to the US initiating a $30 million program to prevent its return to Texas, breaching containment lines.
- Panama's lab breeds 117 million flies weekly, sterilized with radiation, then released to mate with wild females and prevent hatching.
- USDA aims to prevent a costly outbreak, with Texas losses estimated at nearly $2 billion annually, safeguarding livestock and wildlife.
- Beginning July next year, the USDA plans to start aerial releases and open a Texas dispersal center, continuing efforts through 2026 to prevent a costly fly resurgence.
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US to dump millions of sterile flies on Texas in bid to eliminate flesh-eating maggots
The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they’ll kill off a species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds of warm-blooded animals.
Feds breeding billions of sterile screwworm flies to avert...
The federal government is quietly breeding billions of flies in an ongoing effort to stop a dangerous parasite that threatens livestock and wildlife in Texas and along the southern border. The project, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with support from Mexico, targets the screwworm fly, a lethal parasite that burrows into open wounds and can kill cattle, deer, and other large animals in days. To expand the program, the USDA is bu…
Feds Breeding Billions of Flies, Planning to Dump Them on Texas and Mexico - News Addicts
The federal government is quietly breeding billions of flies in an ongoing effort to stop a dangerous parasite that threatens livestock and wildlife in Texas and along the southern border. The project, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with support from Mexico, targets the screwworm fly, a lethal parasite that burrows into open […] The post Feds Breeding Billions of Flies, Planning to Dump Them on Texas and Mexico appeared first o…
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Feds Breeding Billions of Flies, Planning to Dump Them on Texas and Mexico
The federal government is currently breeding billions of sterile screwworm flies in an effort to combat a deadly parasite that targets livestock and wildlife across parts of Texas and Mexico. […] The post Feds Breeding Billions of Flies, Planning to Dump Them on Texas and Mexico appeared first on The Western Journal.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat flesh-eating maggots
The U.S. government wiped out the Screwworm flies in the southwest in the 1960’s, but they’re back again
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