Interesting read on Nilgai and fever ticks

[JackRyan]

Interesting approach to controlling the fever tick and Nilgai.

http://m.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/new-research-angles-could-end-nilgai-killings/article_56d32a36-ce6d-11e7-9cfd-073a7459d1bb.html?mode=jqm

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[BBRU]

Very interesting

[BlackHogDown]

Sounds like a good idea to me. Good read

[PondPopper]

Interesting read..
Until a border wall gets built any effort to eradicate the fever tick will be as successful as trying to push a chain..... They will just keep coming....
It a shame so many Nilgai are being slaughtered..

[fish4food]

Interesting read..
Until a border wall gets built any effort to eradicate the fever tick will be as successful as trying to push a chain..... They will just keep coming....
It a shame so many Nilgai are being slaughtered..

Who knows how much is being spent on each helicopter hunt when they could actually be making money doing drawn hunts for the public.

[gemini2759]

Nice read. John Goolsby is my old classmate from junior high and high school in Brownsville.

[JeffK]

Who knows how much is being spent on each helicopter hunt when they could actually be making money doing drawn hunts for the public.

It's a lot cheaper than if fever ticks spread to cattle across the state.

[fish4food]

Hmm, interesting. Didn't really think about the beef industry. Do deer, hogs, other exotics carry the tick also? Or only nilgai?

[PondPopper]

It's a lot cheaper than if fever ticks spread to cattle across the state.

They already have.... Years and years ago..
The deer have been swimming the river since "forever".

[PondPopper]

Hmm, interesting. Didn't really think about the beef industry. Do deer, hogs, other exotics carry the tick also? Or only nilgai?

According to some the deer do.