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The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...
US government to release billions of flies into Mexico to stop flesh-eating insects from crossing border
The Trump Administration is leading the effort to prevent the spread of the New World Screwworm, which was eradicated in the ...
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US to deploy billions of sterile flies over Mexico and Texas to combat flesh-eating parasite
In a bold and unconventional effort to stave off a potentially devastating threat to its livestock industry, the United ...
Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat 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 ...
How these flies could save Texas ranchers from a dangerous pest
The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that ...
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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 ...
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South of the Border: Efforts ramp up to stop screwworm short of the US
It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...
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Website launched to support producers, landowners and wildlife managers navigate New World screwworm; Texas drought monitor report summary
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association assisted in the launch of a new website to serve as a centralized hub for producers, landowners and wildlife managers navigating the threat of the New ...
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US planes to airdrop billions of flies to combat 'man-eater' maggot menace
USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.
Why is the USDA dropping millions of flies over Texas?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...
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Texas Wants To Bomb The State With Flies To Stop Flesh Eating Maggots
The USDA informed FOX News Digital that the government will breed millions of flies to target the flesh-eating larvae of the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly. These flies will be sterilized with ...
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The Surprising Link Between Cattle, Cocaine and the Screwworm’s Comeback
The New World Screwworm (NWS), a parasitic fly once eradicated from North and Central America through decades of coordinated effort by governments and livestock producers, is making a troubling return ...