Gone and good riddance, I say.
[And you're welcome for this cutesy picture I chose to accompany this post, considering everything I found on the google search when I went looking.]
Mind you, we've lived down here over three years and still haven't made it all the way to the end of the road in Key West (hell, we've barely made it past Key Largo), but that doesn't mean we weren't watching how the government handled this first major outbreak of the last thirty years.
Luckily, though, the government "done good", and they have now declared the poor tragedy for the special island deer over -- and they have lifted a checkpoint for any animals that were in a car heading back toward Miami from the islands. Admittedly, this whole thing did go down with some uniquely genetically engineered mosquitoes that were released that scared a lot of people with how sci-fi real life was getting ... but still. No more screwworm was the outcome -- and we can trust the government, right?
That which I thought was maybe going to start the zombie apocalypse way to close to where we call home, you will NOT be missed!
WOO-HOO! WE ARE SCREWWORM FREE!:
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2017/sa-03/fl-nws-eradication
NO MORE CHECKPOINTS NEEDED!:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article139360463.html
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE KEY DEER:
http://www.floridakeys.com/lowerkeys/keydeer.htm
