1) Why is this considered news? What is "new" about it?
This is considered news because the people in Florida they're trying to find out how to get rid of them for more than two years, and dogs have found more than one hundred each week. Dogs are new to searching for snails and the snails are eating many plants and carry a kind of meningitis.
2) Who are the important people mentioned in the article?
Important people mentioned in this article are Adam H. Putman and Labrador Retrievers.
3) Why should we care about this issue?
The snails in Florida carry meningitis, meningitis is inflammation of the meninges caused by viral or bacterial infection
and marked by intense headache and fever, sensitivity to light, and muscular
rigidity, leading (in severe cases) to convulsions, delirium, and
death. You can spread meningitis and get more people sick.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/30/217185954/dogs-prove-to-be-key-in-battle-against-giant-african-snails
This is considered news because the people in Florida they're trying to find out how to get rid of them for more than two years, and dogs have found more than one hundred each week. Dogs are new to searching for snails and the snails are eating many plants and carry a kind of meningitis.
2) Who are the important people mentioned in the article?
Important people mentioned in this article are Adam H. Putman and Labrador Retrievers.
3) Why should we care about this issue?
The snails in Florida carry meningitis, meningitis is inflammation of the meninges caused by viral or bacterial infection
and marked by intense headache and fever, sensitivity to light, and muscular
rigidity, leading (in severe cases) to convulsions, delirium, and
death. You can spread meningitis and get more people sick.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/30/217185954/dogs-prove-to-be-key-in-battle-against-giant-african-snails