The president of the National Association of Agropecuarian Professionals (ANPA), Danilo Severino called for President Danilo Medina to declare the eastern region in red alert for the presence of the giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica). The large land snail is regarded as one of the most dangerous invasive species that causes severe damage to agricultural crops and native plants and spreads human disease. It picks up diseases from rats and transmits these to dogs and cats.
Severino said the pest was first detected in a hotel in the east, and latter in the Doña Cuba and Puerta del Sol residential area in Bávaro. Severino called for Medina to instruct the ministries of agriculture, environment and public health to take action to eliminate the mollusk and avoid its reproduction. The snail is the size of a human hand.
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El Dia
17 January 2018
