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Hundreds of buffalo are under quarantine after an illegal poison was used to kill prairie dogs

January 27, 2017 by PDP

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Hundreds of buffalo are under quarantine in North Dakota and South Dakota after an illegal poison was used to kill prairie dogs.

An Environmental Protection Agency investigation earlier found 40,000 pounds of Rozol poison had been distributed across 5,400 acres on the former Cannonball Ranch near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the Wilder Ranch which straddles both states to the south.

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Conservation, News, Wildlife Tagged: black-tailed prairie dogs, Conservation, humane pest control, poison

City: Pershing Avenue prairie dogs being ‘controlled’

February 2, 2014 by PDP

By LARRY PHILLIPS

• Leader & Times

Though many people, including children, adore prairie dogs because of their cute, furry looks, cities and counties classify them as a nuisance and deal with them accordingly.prairie_dog

Liberal and Seward County are no different.

After numerous phone calls to the L&T asking what happened to the prairies dogs that lived just south of the railroad tracks on Pershing Avenue, L&T contacted the city.

The city has admitted the prairie dogs were poisoned in an attempt to control them from spreading throughout the area.

 

 

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News Tagged: Conservation, humane pest control, poison

Ken-Caryl looks at prairie dog issue

January 15, 2014 by PDP

JEFFERSON COUNTY —The Ken-Caryl Ranch Master Association is exploring options for dealing with the prairie dog population near the community’s Manor House property.Prairie Dogs

The more than 40-acre space near the Manor House, 1 Manor House Road, has seen an increase in the prairie dog population and some residents are glad the master association is beginning to take action.

“The whole purpose of open space is to protect it. When prairie dogs take over and destroy it, it has the opposite effect,” resident Marian Miaskiewicz said. Miaskiewicz’s property backs up to the Manor House open space and she said that there are several prairie dog holes in her backyard. She also said that they attract other animals such as snakes.

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News Tagged: black-tailed prairie dogs, colonies, Conservation, humane pest control, keystone species, poison, Prairie Dog Coalition

Slaughter of the Innocents: Yes, Uncle Sam Is Really Planning to Kill 16,000 Prairie Dogs

January 12, 2014 by PDP

Sometimes just trying to get along with a difficult neighbor can make us prisoners in our own homes. It can lead us blacktailed11014to do things that go against our  stated intentions and interests. That seems to be the situation right now for the Thunder Basin National Grassland, a 547,000-acre protected area in northeastern Wyoming.

The U.S. Forest Service, which manages the Grassland, has announced a plan to poison an estimated 16,000 prairie dogs and dramatically shrink the already limited area in which prairie dogs are tolerated. Thunder Basin officials intend to do it despite their declared plans to improve prairie dog habitat. Their method, moreover, is likely to kill a lot of other wildlife in the affected area and, incidentally, squander taxpayer dollars for nothing.

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News Tagged: behavior, black-tailed prairie dogs, colonies, Conservation, Endangered Species Act, keystone species, poison

December 22, 2013 by PDP

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News Tagged: black-tailed prairie dogs, Conservation, poison

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