Posted on 12/29/2015 8:40:56 AM PST by MtnClimber
About one hundred or so prairie dogs from Castle Rock went on a strange journey last spring. The rodents began their voyage in March, when they were trapped at a construction site for a massive new mall; the development had been at the center of a tense debate over sprawl in Castle Rock. An environmental group eventually won the right to send the yap rats to a farm in New Mexico, but in the meantime, they were caged and kept in the garage of a woman who'd volunteered to look after them. But when the transfer to New Mexico didn't take place, wildlife officials descended on the woman's house and seized the sod poodles. A video showed the seizure, in which a woman can be heard crying in the background. The prairie dogs were eventually relocated to an open area in Douglas County, a last-minute save that kept them from being fed to ferrets. No, really.
(Excerpt) Read more at westword.com ...
In case you want to ping to the Colorado list.
I don’t suppose they fed the woman to ferrets either.
Wimps.
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
I’m thinking the execution of Cecil didn’t go over so well in Colorado.....
Didn’t see the story at the link. Have a better link?
Who would want to have disease carrying prairie dogs released on or near their property.
A fair number of fruit bats in Colorado, I see. The flightless variety ...
http://www.westword.com/news/strange-colorado-animal-stories-from-2015-7462183
Yes, thank you. That one worked.
“A fair number of fruit bats in Colorado, I see. The flightless variety ...”
They have a sub-species in Boulder called the Spineless Fruit Bat. They are nasty tempered, they never shut up and they are too spineless to defend themselves. They will follow anyone in uniform and hide behind them when in danger or even a little upset.
I thought those were moonbats?
Ping me plz. DC class of 82. Elephant rock through the smoke, I mean smog cloud.
“I thought those were moonbats?”
We have Fruit Bats, Moonbats and Cat Ladies. There’s a pamphlet at Murdoch’s Farm Supply in Longmont “Know Your Wack-Jobs” that’s very helpful.
In Minnesota, they’re called Cackling Loons. They make an ungodly racket, engage in hilarious mating rituals, and are so dumb they can drown in the rain.
“sod poodles”
LOL
I have never understood prairie dog lovers. They are pests and carry disease. Their holes are dangerous to people and other animals. I suppose it’s that they look cute.
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