[Taxacom] black-footed ferret reintroductions

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In Canada, rare and endangered species fall under Federal laws, and no one is 
allowed to [legally] further endanger or harm endangered species.
Does such a law not exist in the US? It seems that scofflaws are running the 
place.

Robin Leech
Alberta Society of Professional Biologists


Quoting Diana Horton <diana-horton at uiowa.edu>:

> I would like to know whether the ranchers who favour either poisoning or 
> shooting prairie dogs (I wonder which way the prairie dogs would choose to 
> go?) have a valid concern.  Have any studies been done to determine just 
> how much grass prairie dogs consume?  Are they really such a threat to 
> livestock?
> 
> Also, I presume that the anti-prairie dog ranchers have been made aware 
> that the black-footed ferrets would control the prairie dog populations.
> 
> Diana Horton
> University of Iowa
> 
> At 11:56 AM 9/18/2006, Ken Kinman wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >      North America's most endangered mammal, the black-footed ferret (once
> >thought extinct), is being slowly reintroduced back into the wild. 
> However,
> >efforts to do so in Kansas may be scuttled by neighboring ranchers and the
> >Logan County Commission.  Using an old state "eradication" law, the county
> >can enter the proposed reintroduction sites to poison the prairie dogs (and
> >adding insult to injury, send a hefty bill to the landowners).  Such action
> >could begin on October 1, and very well ruin any chance of introducing the
> >black-footed ferret on any of those sites.  For those interested,
> >yesterday's Hays Daily News printed an editorial and several related
> stories
> >on the heated debate over how to control prairie dogs without resorting to
> >poison.  Here's the weblink (to the editorial and 5 related stories):
> >
> >http://www.dailynews.net/hdnews/prairiedogs/index.html
> >
> >
> >
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