Bushmaster M4 A3
Posted on 04/19/2008 12:32:56 PM PDT by neverdem
” mice and rats...”
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a deadly disease from rodents. Humans can contract the disease when they come into contact with infected rodents or their urine and droppings.
HPS was first recognized in 1993 and has since been identified throughout the United States. Although rare, HPS is potentially deadly.
Rodent control in and around the home remains the primary strategy for preventing hantavirus infection.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/
The latest survey in Texas by Dr. Schmidly of Texas Tech places this species at a 98% habitat loss. Some states are a lot worse. From what I understand a coalition of 8 states have been petitioning the USFW to take it from threatened to endangered.
It makes me sick that the white man is killing off another native species of the plains.
Bushmaster M4 A3
Should be happening this way: Hunters are targeting prairie dogs but are hitting anti-hunting/animal rights with good groups. (groupings)
You crack me up!
They are destructive rodents.
Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right rodents (people) get shot.
Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry
Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis.
People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an infected animal. Millions of people in Europe died from plague in the Middle Ages, when human homes and places of work were inhabited by flea-infested rats.
Wild rodents in certain areas around the world are infected with plague. Outbreaks in people still occur in rural communities or in cities.
Globally, the World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague every year.
In North America, plague is found in certain animals and their fleas from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and from southwestern Canada to Mexico.
Most human cases in the United States occur in two regions: 1) northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southern Colorado; and 2) California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/
Bubonic plague got so bad where I live that, a few years ago, the government came out an exterminated most of these rodents. They’ve come back stronger than ever. You can never completely wipe out rodents in an area. They’ll always come back.
That is a good description of those perverts at the humane society of the united states.
Despite the words “humane society” on its letterhead, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is not affiliated with your local animal shelter. Despite the omnipresent dogs and cats in its fundraising materials, it’s not an organization that runs spay/neuter programs or takes in stray, neglected, and abused pets. And despite the common image of animal protection agencies as cash-strapped organizations dedicated to animal welfare, HSUS has become the wealthiest animal rights organization on earth.
More: http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/136
Marlin 981T
Loaded with this:
Ummmm - Then I suggest you come to eastern WA -.....
Reminds me of when Michael Corleone shot the Turk between the eyes
Hey dipshit; why don’t you take a really long hike due east...
There are lots of hunting bans already, nimrod. Ever hear of the endangered species list? Hunting for subsistance is acceptable; sport hunting is an abomination in the eyes of god and a violation of our biblical duty to exercise dominion over the earth.
This is not a left or right issue—it has nothing to do with gun control.
The bubonic plague stuff is nonsense. There haven’t been more than a dozen cases of that in the last 50 years and it’s fully treatable nowadays. Not worse than a flu.
Why in the hell would anyone kill an animal for sport?
target practice ??? elimination of varmints that endanger valuable livestock ???
reason enough for me...
“Why in the hell would anyone kill an animal for sport?”
Because it is easier, cheaper, and more productive than setting rat traps.
Colorado Dept. of Wildlife webpage on the black-tail prairie dog and possible ban is below. Note that a ban would not bar private property owners from shooting the critters:
“3. Recreational Shooting – CDOW is currently considering a ban on hunting black-tailed prairie dogs within the state. If adopted, this regulation would still not prevent private landowners from exercising their option to hunt the species for the purposes of controlling damage to crops, real or personal property, or livestock. Nevertheless, a ban on most hunting would reduce the impact of recreational shooting on black-tailed prairie dog populations.
In the event that a complete ban on hunting is not politically feasible, then CDOW could consider instituting a hunting season and bag limits, with the season being closed during the species peak reproductive period.
4. Control Programs – CDOW is already considering a permitting system for prairie dog poisoning efforts, one that would set limits to the total number of prairie dogs, or the total acres of prairie dogs, that are poisoned each year.
CDOW might also consider setting limits based on geographic area (e.g., by county), so that control efforts do not jeopardize the geographic diversity inherent in the state’s population of the species.
But what will have now do for a living?
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