The Australian government has committed $15 million (about $11.4 million US) of its federal budget to help eradicate the country's carp population, The Guardian reports. The budget will go toward a plan that will introduce a carp-specific herpes virus into Australia's river system. Australia is currently in the middle of what Science Minister Christopher Pyne reportedly called "carp-aggedon."
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/1/115489 ... pes-budget
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/1/115489 ... pes-budget