 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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ILLEGAL SNAILS SEIZED IN SCHOOLS.(FRONT)
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Federal health officials have seized several dangerous pests called Giant African Land Snails from Wisconsin classrooms and have started a national search for the creatures.
Many of the snails, which are illegal to have in the United States, were used in classrooms where school officials didn't know they were dangerous, said Willie Harris, eastern regional director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Safeguarding, Intervention and Trade Compliance Program.
"Based on some information we got, the schools were a common place that these snails may be ...
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