Invasive African Land Snails Trigger Quarantine in Broward County

Parts of Broward County are under quarantine after the return of the invasive African land snail, which carries the parasite rat lungworm known to cause meningitis in humans. The snails have been eradicated twice in Florida within the past 50 years. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will use a metaldehyde-based molluscicide for treatment, and inspectors, snail hunters, and snail canines will continue searching for the snails throughout Broward County for the next few weeks.