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Related: About this forumFile Under "NOW What?!!" - Sardinia Hit By Worst Locust Plague In 60 Years
Millions (sic) of locusts have invaded the Italian island of Sardinia, seriously affecting farmers' livestock and crop production.
Italian agricultural organization Coldiretti has pleaded for government assistance in fighting the plague. "We are walking on locust carpets," Coldiretti said in a statement.
The locusts have destroyed 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of agricultural land in the province of Nuoro, between the towns of Ottana and Orani.
Coldiretti fears it may be too late for this year's crop, but preventative measures should be put in place for next year. "We had droughts in 2017 and a lot of rain in 2018, the ideal climate for locusts to emerge from fallow land and then move to cultivated fields to eat," Michele Arbau from the lobby group said. "There is nothing we can do about it this year."
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File Under "NOW What?!!" - Sardinia Hit By Worst Locust Plague In 60 Years (Original Post)
hatrack
Jun 2019
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This will give the religious nut cases fuel to bullshit talk . .
For Sardinia -
tblue37
(65,357 posts)2. Plagues of locusts? God doesn't like the way we're treating the planet. nt
Duppers
(28,120 posts)3. They need ducks.
Thousands of ducks.
SamIam715
(44 posts)4. Seagulls too
Ask the Mormons. It's how that bird became the official bird of that state.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)5. Devestating locust swarms are not uncommon historically.
It used to be called the 70 year locust.
pscot
(21,024 posts)6. Biblical