7 minutes ago900 Mercedes cars block some kind of snail
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)A rare exotic snail, ever undiscovered in Australia, has blocked access to 900 new Mercedes vehicles, worth over 31m euros, stopped at four different ports. The Department of Agriculture has ordered re-exporting different models' cars, from limos to racing cars, from pick-up to [...]
The Department of Agriculture has ordered the re-export of cars of various models, from limos to racing cars, from pick-up to vans, citing “the discovery of a number of exotic snails in five different shipments of vehicles imported from Europe”.
” The character called '%athHeath) which is believed to exist only in Southeast Europe, Canada and the US is a harmful species with significant agricultural and environmental impact and could be lethal to local flora and wildlife”, authorities declared.
Cars are being kept in a strict quarantine at ports of arrival in four countries in Australia: Queensland, New South West, Victoria and West Australia.
