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Preventing the Spread of the Brown Tree Snake

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Working dogs assist WS in brown tree snake controlAPHIS Wildlife Services coordinates operational efforts on Guam aimed at keeping the snake from reaching other destinations.  Wildlife Services personnel use snake trapping in high-risk areas, trained snake-detector dogs in cargo, nighttime spotlight searches, toxicants, and public education as tools to achieve this goal. 

To contact the WS State Office in Hawaii or the District Office in Guam for additional information and related to brown tree snakes, click on Hawaii or the word “Guam” listed below this map.
 
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To contact your WS State Office, call 1-866-4USDAWS (1-866-487-3297)

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Click the banner above to view the factsheet, "Brown Tree Snake, an Invasive Reptile"

 


Last Modified: September 28, 2011


2012 WS Informational Notebook