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Texas Pet Adoptions on Hold as Screwworm Outbreak Spreads
Texas shelters suspend pet adoptions amid New World screwworm outbreak, threatening thousands of animals as quarantine restrictions strain the system.
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Texas shelters suspend pet adoptions amid New World screwworm outbreak, threatening thousands of animals as quarantine restrictions strain the system.
USDA confirms two new screwworm infections in Texas cattle hundreds of miles apart, raising concerns about containment of the flesh-eating parasite.
The US Forest Service plans to close 56 of 77 research facilities and cut its research budget to $0, risking irreplaceable data and scientist exodus.
The New World screwworm, a flesh-eating livestock parasite, has been confirmed in Texas for the first time since 1966, triggering urgent quarantine.