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New World Screwworm Detected In Hunter-Harvested Elk In Pecos County
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
5
First seen
Oct 21, 5:15 PM CDT
updated Oct 22, 2:31 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Odessa American, KWES-TV and 3 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
New World Screwworm was detected on an animal hide and in a hunter-harvested elk in Pecos County, KCEN-TV reported. TPWD is encouraging hunters following the detection, the Gilmer Mirror reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (5), version 4, Oct 22, 2:51 AM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- New World Screwworm Detected in Hunter-Harvested Elk in Pecos County TPWD Encourages Hunter · Gilmer Mirror
- New World Screwworm detected on animal hide in Pecos County · KCEN-TV
- New World Screwworm detected on animal hide in Pecos County · KVUE
- New World Screwworm detected on animal hide in Pecos County · KWES-TV
- New World screwworm detected in hunter-harvested elk in Pecos County · Odessa American
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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