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Animals News tagged with prairie dogs

Lethal New Poison Could Exterminate Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs Plus Kill Whooping Cranes and Golden Eagles
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, poison, exterminate, prairie dogs, habitat, environment, protection, killing, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 20 days ago - all-creatures.org
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently considering whether to approve a poison, appropriately named Kaput-D, that would be used to exterminate black-tailed prairie dogs. Last week, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted comments
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Urgent - Ask the EPA to Protect Prairie Dogs From Poisons Before 22 Oct
Animals  (tags: animaladvocates, conservation, cruelty, death, endangered, extinction, protection, slaughter, suffering, wildanimals, wildanimals, wildlife, prairie dogs )

Gillian
- 36 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.com
Black-tailed prairie dogs are currently being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act, and their decline has had a devastating effect on black-footed ferrets -- one of the rarest animals in the world. So how could the EPA even think abo
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Tell the EPA to Protect Imperiled Wildlife From Poisons ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, poisons, prairie dogs, EPA, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 37 days ago - change.org
Black-tailed prairie dogs are currently being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act. So why would the EPA even think about approving two new poisons to help kill prairie dogs in ten states across America?
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Conservation Groups Sue EPA Over Prairie Dog Poison
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, prairie dogs, environment, protection )

Cher
- 43 days ago - animalblawg.wordpress.com
On September 23, Defenders of Wildlife and Audubon Kansas filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against the EPA for its decision to register pesticides that kill prairie dogs. The pesticides at issue are chlorophacinone and diphacinone,
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Prairie Dog Ecosystem Project-2009 Report From the Burrow
Animals  (tags: habitat, protection, killed, endangered, Prairie Dogs )

Raffi
- 87 days ago - wildearthguardians.org
While Punxsutawney Phil forecasts the weather by looking for his shadow, prairie dogs forecast the health of the environment (with the help of WildEarth Guardians) by releasing the Prairie Dog Report Card, a thorough examination of prairie dog issues
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Squirrel Made Famous in Couple's Photograph Is Cousin to Imperiled Prairie Dogs
Animals  (tags: prairie dogs, cruelty, ground squirrels, extermination, habitat, wildanimals )

Raffi
- 89 days ago - examiner.com
The world has gone nuts over a photograph taken by a couple, as they posed for their camera. However, a cute photograph which has generated smiles from people all over the world doesn't tell the ugly tale of how the species is treated in reality.
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Cornwall? I'M Looking for the Prairies (or How North American Prairie Dog Appears to Have Travelled 4,000 Miles)
Animals  (tags: animals, prairie dogs, Cornwall, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 154 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The North American prairie dog was photographed in Cornwall by Godfrey Stevens, 58, and his wife Linda, 48, as they walked the isolated Goss Moor nature trail, 13 miles from Bodmin Moor - home to the fabled Beast of Bodmin.
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Public Asked for Input on Gunnison's Prairie Dog
Animals  (tags: animals, prairie dogs, conservation, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 191 days ago - examiner.com
The Colorado Division of Wildlife is developing a conservation plan for the prairie dog and will take comments and ideas from the public in a daylong workshop Thursday at Western State College in Gunnison.
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Prairie Dogs Can Be Removed From Golf Course
Animals  (tags: animals, trapped, prairie dogs, removed, Utah, golf course, tribal lands )

Cher
- 215 days ago - deseretnews.com
Two environmental groups say they plan to appeal to the 10th Circuit a federal court ruling this week that allows Utah prairie dogs to be trapped and removed from a Cedar City golf course and tribal lands belonging to the Paiutes.
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Stop Prairie Dog Poisoning - URGENT!
Animals  (tags: prairie dogs, massacred, killed, bush administration, animal advocates, protection, wildlife, rights )

Simone
- 430 days ago - all-creatures.org
Sign the petition today! Take action by Wednesday, September 24 2008! Target: U.S. Forest Service The Bush administration is planning a massive poisoning operation that would target prairie dogs across three National Grasslands in South Dakota
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Gunnisons Prairie Dog Conservation Plan for the City of Santa Fe! Sign Petition!!
Animals  (tags: prairie dogs, conservation, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 531 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
There is an urgent need for thoughtful, proactive planning regarding prairie dogs in Santa Fe given the swift pace at which prairie dogs are disappearing from the city. We request the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico to review and adopt the conservation plan
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A Haven for Prairie Dogs : Woman Rescues, Houses the Animals
Animals  (tags: prairie dogs, rescue, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 541 days ago - fortwayne.com
From the outside, Dianne James' license plate - "prarydg" - provides the only hint of what's been going on inside her white farmhouse for the past seven years.
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Hungry Bears: Bush Policies Are Endangering Species
Animals  (tags: polar bears, endangered species, Bush administration, gas and oil, Arctic, lynx, animals, prairie dogs, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, endangered, extinction, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 549 days ago - sltrib.com
Some Americans, members of Congress among them, do not understand the importance of protecting the Earth's diverse plant and animal species. Unfortunately, a number of those people are making decisions regarding how the Endangered Species Act is
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Prairie Dog Dilemma
Animals  (tags: prairie dogs, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, killing )

Cher
- 560 days ago - thespectrum.com
As stewards of the Earth, we all have a responsibility to ensure the survival of the plants and animals that comprise our precious ecosystem. But common sense also should play a role in making decisions. And right now, there doesn't appear to be
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Feds Restart Rodent Review
Animals  (tags: prairie dogs, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, protection, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 569 days ago - casperstartribune.net
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has begun accepting public comment on whether the white-tailed prairie dog, a squirrel-like rodent found in four states including Wyoming, should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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