Texas Declares Emergency as Flesh-Eating Parasite Returns for the First Time in Nearly 60 Years and Spreads to Pet Dogs

Texas Declares Emergency as Flesh-Eating Parasite Returns for the First Time in Nearly 60 Years and Spreads to Pet Dogs

USDA confirms New World screwworm cases across four Texas counties and Lea County, New Mexico. Gov. Abbott activated emergency operations and quarantines are in effect.

Flesh-Eating Maggots Breach Texas

A flesh‑eating maggot has slipped past America’s biosecurity wall, and now ranchers are asking why Washington’s billion‑dollar defenses were not fully in place before Texas cattle started suffering. Story Snapshot New World screwworm, a flesh‑eating parasite, has been confirmed again in Texas cattle after decades of eradication. The federal government is now racing to build a massive sterile‑fly factory in South Texas, raising questions about w…