First they want to save the wolf, now the prairie dog....

[Judith]

OT, Mrs. Greg is right about the Skeetos in Alberta! They are the size of B52 bombers!!!! You go bonkers from the buzzing and sleep with your head under the covers. ( cuz there is always one or two that manage to get into the bedroom)

 

[EmptyPockets]

Did I mention we have gophers,I gather the same thing as your prairie dog,if they are having such a problam with them its because they have NO natural predetors,even here the gophers get out of hand,if the yotes can't eat them all,human predetors take over,but eradicating ANY species is wrong in my books.Anybody want to buy some Yotes :wink:

Prairie dogs and pimples have a lot in common--they both desecrate the terrain on which they inhabit. If you were a zit-faced teenie-bopper, would you want to eliminate all of your pimples or just some of them? :???: :? :wink:

Lol,cute analogy Soap.But hardly the same thing,if everyone in the world eradicated pimples we'd still be alive,not so with the eradication of a species.

I'm hoping I'm not coming across as a bunny hugger,I'm trying to make the point ranchers are the best at looking after thier lands and animals,we fight to keep our natural grass that way,in it are certain grasses,wild flowers that are never seen in a land thats cultivated. We're losing more and more of this precious commodity.Its the same with animals that are natural to a area.

The gopher-prairie dog problam seems to me is a problam with not enough natural predetors,if the yotes and wolves had natural foods{like the gopher} our cows and calves won't be bothered....well kind of like ours aren't. :wink:

We must be doing something wrong out here in our neck of the woods. Seems we have a runaway population of prairie dogs, and coyotes. The creeks are full of deer, cottontails by the thousands, jack rabbits and full of birds and hoppers. So why are the coyotes doing this in my backyard?
In view of the house.

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Sorry about the graphic photos, sometimes picture speak more then words. You can be assured I only shoot coyotes that kill my lambs and calves. :twisted: