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Jason Watson- Brown Tree Snake

By cfawcett

  • Brown Tree Snake

    Brown Tree Snake
    The Lacey Act of 1900, or simply the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 3371–3378) is a conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold.

  • Brown Tree Snake

    Brown Tree Snake
    The brown treesnake was accidentally introduced most likely by the US military to Guam in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) is a native of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon

  • Eradication

    Eradication
    The most controversial attack method is airplane-drops of mice laced with Paracetamol, a snake-toxic pain killer. The mice are attached to tiny cardboard parachutes (who makes these?!) designed to keep the bait in trees and away from children and domestic animals. The “tiny assassins” program costs the US government an estimated $8,000,000 annually.