[Taxacom] black-footed ferret reintroductions

[Nadia Talent]

Hi Diana,

In Colorado, a lot of the antagonism towards prairie dogs seems to be  
fueled by fear of the plague.

Nadia Talent
University of Toronto.

On 19 Sep 2006, at 11:20, Diana Horton wrote:

> 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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