How the heck did these get here?
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1 martindarden 12/5/07 5:01 PM EST
Well, one of Louisiana's pets has made it way up here...Some positives to this.the fur can be used for coats and the meat is really good....the down side to these guys....they multiply faster than rabbits.....Hey the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offers a $5 bounty per tail to kill them....think about it.
This is one of the comments from this article. At least they are delicious.
Well, one of Louisiana's pets has made it way up here...Some positives to this.the fur can be used for coats and the meat is really good....the down side to these guys....they multiply faster than rabbits.....Hey the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offers a $5 bounty per tail to kill them....think about it.
This is one of the comments from this article. At least they are delicious.
I am picturing a car full of rodent tails. It's a long drive. Do you have air conditioning?
This does not surprise me. We are seeing tick-borne and other diseases, insects and birds that are creeping north. Some link that to global climate change. I can't argue with that hypothesis.
This does not surprise me. We are seeing tick-borne and other diseases, insects and birds that are creeping north. Some link that to global climate change. I can't argue with that hypothesis.
Make sure you read page 2 and 3 also.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1196840134267430.xml&coll=1
Guy
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1196840134267430.xml&coll=1
Guy
Don't forget illegal immigration! They bring up all these bugs from the south, and then due to warmer temps, they can colonize here.
Got anything to back that idea up? With all the JIT logistics these days, fruit from Chile, beef from Argentina, etc., I am skeptical that immigrants and their effects are a significant source.
According to epidemiologists, it is thought to be due principally to the increase in passenger travel.
Yes, and I should have included that in the list, as it is essentially another form of JIT logistics, but that is quite separate from immigration. I guess immigration probably boosts passenger travel back and forth between the source and destination countries, but overall the trends are due to global interconnectedness and transportation, not the arrival in the U.S. of unclean hordes.
Yup, that's actually the main cause of all these bugs that get up here. Shipments need to be checked before they leave their area of origin to make sure there are no "stow-aways".
Here in the New York area we have been hit with the Asian Longhorn beetle, fortunately, they have avoided the pines for the most part (hopefully).
And shipments are checked for insects and plant/animal materials that can be infective, and pretty carefully. It's obviously not a fool proof system though. Dutch elm disease was accidentally introduced via some lumber.
It's just becoming a smaller world, and a local problem is more and more likely to become a global problem.
It's just becoming a smaller world, and a local problem is more and more likely to become a global problem.