US Screwworm Eradication Successful
The eradication of the New World screwworm fly in North America and Central America has been deemed successful, with minimal observed ecological impact. Studies suggest that the loss of this species did not significantly disrupt ecosystems or lead to the decline of other species, indicating its limited ecological importance.
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“So we have a little bit of a kind of preliminary... It's like experimental data. Yeah, kind of. That suggests that it's probably not really that important ecologically. So losing it, you know, doesn't seem to do any harm.”
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