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Planning to escape winter and visit Jamaica? Declare your items and don’t pack a pest! http://www.dontpackapest.com/jamaica/index.html …
Announcing recent Animal Welfare Act & Horse Protection Act enforcement actions: http://go.usa.gov/YNFz
Dropping in at GA! ORV bait drops beginning soon. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/9sTl2Z
APHIS facilitates niche market pet food exports to Japan. E.g. new protocol now allows export of baked dog biscuits with chicken liver.
Did you know that Japan is the second largest export market for US pet food, with exports totaling $334.2 million in 2011?
ORV bait will be distributed by hand and at stations in Cape Cod to manage raccoon rabies.
Around Oct. 13-17 ORV bait drops in TN, GA & AL. For information by state: http://go.usa.gov/7OM
Heading toward NC! ORV bait drops schedule for tomorrow. For more info visit: http://bit.ly/9B5vUH
PHOTO : This is a face worth protecting – giraffes & other animals exhibited to the public are regulated by APHIS http://go.usa.gov/YkKe
Protecting TN’s Wildlife from Rabies! ORV bait drops start tomorrow: Learn about the vaccine: http://bit.ly/8XZrEW
Check out USDA-APHIS and CBP Beagles in action! NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams “Making a Difference” http://nbcnews.to/VL1fCz
New USDA study suggests feedlots are aware of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) programs & believe they are important: http://go.usa.gov/YWh9
If you suspect citrus is being moved improperly, report to USDA's Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance hotline at (800) 877-3835.
Around Oct. 8-13 ORV bait drops in VA, TN & NC. For information by state: http://go.usa.gov/7OM
Protecting Ag worldwide, APHIS just trained 24 foreign animal disease officials from 21 countries at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
Tennessee learns how USDA Wildlife Services works to control wildlife rabies through oral vaccine drops. View at http://on.wbir.com/QsxMIG
USDA funds research into preventing the Asian citrus psyllid from carrying & spreading citrus greening-causing bacteria http://bit.ly/QVeRFy
Lions, coyotes and bears, oh my! APHIS hosts open house on October 4 at predator research facility in Millville, Utah. Contact 435-797-2505.
USDA Wildlife Services trains on the Mississippi River with other agencies for oil-spill response. Read the story: http://bit.ly/PGrUul
New! APHIS factsheet on Importing Food and Ag Products into the U.S., available in English + 12 translations: http://go.usa.gov/YYR9
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