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Nov 03, 2016

Traveling with animals to Fla. Keys -Screw Worm

On arrival at John Pennekamp State Park this week, we were given information from the Rangers about a confirmed infestation of New World Screw Worm. It has killed many of the small Key Deer already do...
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NCWriter
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Nov 03, 2016
azdryheat wrote:
We have friends who travel the Keys on their yacht - who checks their dog? But then, they stay on Marathon Key so it's probably moot.


Good question. The USDA is trying to contain this so it doesn't spread to infest the livestock industry.

Actually Marathon is about 50 miles closer to Big Pine Key where all the endangered Key Deer have died than we were up in Key Largo.

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