![]() Current aerial bait funding costs the DOD only about $1 million a year, the spokesperson said. The Pentagon does not spend $15 million on these operations. "Results to date show the aerial delivery method is proving to be the most effective BTS landscape level control method," the spokesperson said. The spokesperson for the DOD also confirmed that acetaminophen-loaded mice are a part of interdiction efforts on Andersen. This involves dead mice bait stuffed with tablets of acetaminophen. "OIA pays for the interdiction program at the commercial ports, and DOD pays for the interdiction that occurs on the military bases."Īnother method being tested for controlling the snakes is an "aerial bait delivery system," the spokesperson added. "Brown Tree Snakes are currently controlled via the Interdiction program, which involves inspecting all cargo and air and watercrafts that leave Guam for snakes, to ensure they do not get to other insular areas," an OIA spokesperson said. APHIS Wildlife Services coordinates the program. The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is responsible for roughly $3.5 million in yearly funding for the BTS Interdiction program, according to public documents, and the DOD funds interdiction on its military bases. Snake interdiction on Andersen Air Force Base on Guam started in 1993 and is now a year-to-year program, according to the spokesperson. Years later, the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) found that the invasive species was responsible for extensive damage, including numerous power outages, each year. military materials during World War II, according to a Department of Defense (DOD) spokesperson. The brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to Guam via shipments of U.S. Glad Guam is trending, it's my chance to tell you that the Pentagon spends $15mil/yr trying to kill Brown Tree Snakes it accidentally released on Guam by aerially bombing the island with dead mice stuffed with Tylenol, which is toxic to snakes.Īerial Tylenol-mouse bombing.- Mass for Shut-ins (Podcast) MaThe Facts ![]()
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