OMG! Killing prairie dogs, an endangered species.
A couple decades back we were at a National Park where wife and I used to enjoy the evening talks given by the rangers. One talk was on prairie dogs. The the lefty honey that gave the talk said how extinct they were becoming, that one of the few places they have survived was in this park, and their habitat was only a couple of acres.
This was a flat out right lie. We toured the park before the talk, and knew for fact what could be seen from the road amounted to dozens of acres of them. We also knew they were all over the ranching territory nearby creating problems for ranchers.
Many of those listening to her lies got up and left. We never attended another talk.
I confronted a ranger over the lie, the guy just laughed and walked off.
I have shot 10’s of thousands of Prairie dogs.
.223 and 22-250 were mostly use but all the way up to my 416 Taylor.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has completed a status review of the black-tailed prairie dog and has determined it does not warrant protection as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Black-Tailed Prairie Dog)
Happy shooting! ^_^
This nonsense started back in the 1970s in an anti-gun, anti-hunting TV show called SAY GOODBY, and later another anti-hunting TV show THE GUNS OF AUTUMN.
Both showed faked hunting footage designed to outrage an ignorant public.