US To Spend $104 Million To Wipe Out Austrailian Snake

[matcom]

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THE United States will spend $US104 million ($146 million) over the next five years to wipe out Australia's brown tree snake on its North Pacific islands.

The US House of Representatives today authorised the spending to eradicate the voracious viper that has wreaked ecological havoc in Guam and is threatening Hawaii and neighbouring islands.

The Bill authorising the action will now go to the Senate. It calls the snakes "a growing threat to the biodiversity, economy and human health" in the region.

It also calls for new quarantine protocols in the next two years for travellers, baggage and cargo originating in Guam to prevent the spread of the species.

"It is time we address this issue head-on with the goal of eradication, not simply control," said co-sponsor Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, a Democrat from Guam and a non-voting member of the House.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10916507%255E13762,00.html

[Gore1FL]

1. You know what will happen...

Since bush is involved, it will cost several billion instead, and when all is said and done, there wil be more snakes than there were to begin with.