[APWG] NEWS: Cute of nuisance? Coqui divdes Hawaii

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/orl-coqui0208oct02,0,7851953.story

Cute or nuisance? Coqu divides Hawaii

Jeannette Rivera-Lyles | Sentinel Staff Writer
October 2, 2008

Ask Puerto Ricans about the coqu, and they are likely to wax lovingly 
about the native frog and its singsong voice that has inspired poets, 
lovers and artists.

But what is a beloved icon to the people of one island has become a 
nuisance to the residents of another.

Today, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture will conclude a series of 
hearings on a proposal to classify the coqu as a plant pest. This would 
give the state the authority to step up its efforts to eradicate the 
2-inch tree frog by gaining access to private property without owner 
consent to spray the tiny creatures with citric acid.

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