[stlnative]

~ 19 cases reported so far, four of the victims have been hospitalized; none has died

~ Cases are in Wis (17) - Ill (1) - Ind (1)

~ Officials determined that the prairie dogs had been purchased from a Villa Park, Ill., exotic pet dealer, who also became ill. The dealer also had a Gambian rat, which was ill. It is believed that animal passed the virus to the prairie dogs the dealer was selling.

~ The Prairie Dogs were purchased as pets and not as food - They became ill due to having contact with the animal.

~ The outbreak came to light on May 16

[honeygrl]

"The Prairie Dogs were purchased as pets and not as food "

Who eats Prairie Dogs?

[Pro-Bush]

~ The outbreak came to light on May 16

Glad to here that nobody has died yet!

[af_vet_rr]

My big question in all of this, is what they hell are people doing making pets out of prairie dogs...dunno, maybe it's my having lived in west Texas for a while and seeing some good-size praire dog towns, but praire dogs just shouldn't be pets. It just doesn't seem right for some reason.