Prairie Dogs Deemed Not Endangered
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday after federal officials concluded the once prevalent species showed signs of rebounding.
This article is relevant to our class discussions lately about endangered and extinct species. According to federal officials, the black-tailed prairie dogs are no longer on the endangered species list and are now rebounding back to a healthy population size. There is a problem here though in that there is a new prairie dog poison that is supposed to repel the animals, but it has also hurt a bald eagle and two badgers, actually it killed them and there are other animals supposedly that were harmed by this chemical. I have a problem with this, solely because the prairie dog is a keystone species, so why would we be hurting it more first of all. And secondly, it just got off of the endangered species list, what are we doing that would be okay to go ahead and poison these animals. We need to have a reservoir for these critters so they can come back strong.
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