Last time there was screwworm in North America, it took irradiating male flies to become sterile to drive them out (more to that story, but broad strokes). Perhaps biotechnology can help this time, but I expect this problem to get worse before it gets better. Many animals will suffer unnecessarily.
Ouiji (also !Teek)
Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a resurgent pest that could devastate the nation's cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.
https://to.pbs.org/4dUN2Qq
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed hundreds of miles apart in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that could potentially devastate the natio...
