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As city expands into their space, {Lubbock, TX]] prairie dogs find backyard homes
Lubbock, TX, Avalanche-Journal ^
| Briscoe, Robin
Posted on 09/07/2006 6:38:35 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
Anybody have a picture of one?
If they are not dangerous or carry disease, I would hope people could coexist with them or have a place for them to relocate to.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:09:38 AM PDT
by
mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
My memory is foggy but I believe last year they were finding many had the plague or something nasty. I don't recall exactly where (AZ maybe?) but they do harbor some diseases.
To: mom4kittys
Oh, you know how people are.
They move into the animal's territory, decide the animals who were there first are a "nuisance" and have them exterminated.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:22:45 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: Skooz
I know, that upsets me. Humans are so arrogant. The least we could do is help them relocate.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:24:16 AM PDT
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mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
I think coexisting would be just fine.
I used to live in North Dakota which has a large prairie dog population. They never bothered us. We got along fine.
I would be happy to share my property with a colony of them.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:27:28 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: mom4kittys
They carry lice. Lice in turn occasionally carries the Plague (yeah THAT one).
Here in CO whole colonies will die out from the Plague, then get repopulated sometime later.
Even had some tree rats (squirrels) that had the Plague in Colorado Springs a few years ago.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:38:48 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(God has blessed Republicans with political enemies who are going senile.)
To: mom4kittys
Anybody have a picture of one?
If they are not dangerous or carry disease, I would hope people could coexist with them or have a place for them to relocate to.
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Leaving next week on hunting dog trip.
thousands of bullets and hundreds of rats.
you see the people who live with them know as a rat, call them prairie rats. Only liberal thinking souls call them dogs and cute.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:41:03 AM PDT
by
CHICAGOFARMER
(12 TH GENERATION PATROIT.)
To: Balding_Eagle
We have "rodent control" in our area. It's called black dust. When they cross the highway....we turn'em into dust!!
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:41:40 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Skooz
I knew it wouldn't take long!
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:46:16 AM PDT
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mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:48:04 AM PDT
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Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: mom4kittys
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:49:24 AM PDT
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Ready4Freddy
(Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
To: HairOfTheDog
A different kind of "dog"
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:51:12 AM PDT
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mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:54:44 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Theodore R.
Prairie Dogs make really good targets for practicing with your .222 or .243. :-)
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:56:05 AM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: TChris
I really hope you enjoy explaining your "respect" of animals when you meet your maker.
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posted on
09/07/2006 7:59:06 AM PDT
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mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
But I'm a softy, I think they're cute too... but I've got moles in my yard and horse pasture that are about to drive me batty, and I think when these guys dig a hole, it's a lot worse :~)
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posted on
09/07/2006 8:07:07 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
To: HairOfTheDog
I just wish in the planning process, they would incorporate a relocation program for evicted wildlife.
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posted on
09/07/2006 8:09:06 AM PDT
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mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
I really hope you enjoy explaining your "respect" of animals when you meet your maker. Prairie Dogs are like mice or rats. There are bazillions of them, they carry nasty diseases and they destroy crops and land. Killing them is an act of self preservation, much like spraying for mosquitoes or swatting houseflies.
Insects are living beings too. Do you feel guilty about swatting them or spraying for them?
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posted on
09/07/2006 8:09:56 AM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: mom4kittys
I agree we need to leave room and wild places. The problem (not a popular one here!) is there's too many people, and we're not decreasing. :~\
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posted on
09/07/2006 8:13:59 AM PDT
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HairOfTheDog
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