The Emigrant Pests
(Dr. Russell C. McGregor; May 1973)

The Emigrant Pests report was prepared by Dr. Russell C. McGregor (consultant and chairman of the "Import Inspection Task Force") for Dr. Francis J. Mulhern (administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) in May,  1973. It is still (2003) regarded as a very important document with respect to invasive species prevention issues. It was, for example, included in its entirety as an appendix to the recently-produced Kahului Airport Risk Assessment document.

Presented here is an online version of the report:

• The Emigrant Pests  (McGregor; May 1973) (190 pages, 38 Mb)*

  This version is an "image scan" of the original document with searchable text underlaid.

  *Note: It is recognized that this is a very large file with respect to download time. Since it might not even be feasible to download this via dialup modem, two solutions are provided: (1) a CD containing this document will be provided on request [send request & postal address to webmaster@hear.org]; and (2) a much smaller text-only version (377 KB) of the report is now available online.

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