The Asian Beetle Connection
When Schatzy and I came out of our house, we hear a loud buzzing
noise. The sound was a new sound. It wasn't a car or a garbage
truck or the street sweeper. We looked up the block and saw men
sawing down a tree and then grinding it up in this big machine.
We couldn't believe they were cutting down the trees. Where would
be able to sniff where our fellow dogs left their scent and where
could I leave my scent to tell them that I had been there? By the
end of the day, they had taken down 12 trees on the block. I
couldn't understand why they were doing that. But I was glad that
they didn't take the tree down in front of our house. My human
was talking to a neighbor about the trees being taken down. That
is when I found out it was those
long-horned Asian beetles that
took over the trees and that's why they had to take them down
this spring. These Asian beetles invaded the trees many years
ago, and the only way to eliminate them is to grind up the trees
before the beetles could come out this spring.
It was a very sad week because when we were riding in the car, we
passed many blocks that had trees taken down. It was sad to see
all the trees taken down in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Many of
my dog friends were very sad because they took down many trees in
McCarren Park. Many of the dogs go to the park to the dog run to
visit their friends and that's where we have the B.Q.E. dog show
every fall. My human told Schatzy and me that trees would be
replanted this summer. And so they were, so there are new trees
that we can scent and leave messages to our friends that we were
there.
(Ed note: Try lampposts, Fluffy, until the trees get a
little growth on them. Pee probably won't hurt the tree but
neighbors get weird.)
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