Eliminate snails, slugs and rats around residential gardens ... go to the Health Department website at www.health.hawaii.gov. * Chris Sugidono can be reached at [email protected].

A recent University of Hawaii study predicts that rat lungworm disease, which is carried by snails and slugs, will spread to higher elevations as the climate warms. -- LORRIN PANG photo ...

Yet, it's important to get rid of slugs, not just to save your garden and flowers, but also your pets' health. In some areas such as Hawaii and the Southern U.S., slugs can carry the rat lungworm ...