The invasion occurred in the 60's and with a million or so dollars (cheap
by today's standards) the snails were eradicated by hand-picking by
hundreds of people walking through the infected areas.  Amazing, but true,
or so I have been told by participants.
 
Kurt
At 07:16 AM 1/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>It seems difficult to fathom an invasion force of Achatina running amuck
>but then as I stated earlier Florida had quite a problem with them. Is
>there anyone out there who remembers how florida irradicated these pests. I
>guess we should all breath easier knowing that we don't have cane toads to
>contend with.
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>Mark
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