The use of poison to kill the prairie dogs is very concerning, it is not only a cruel way of killing them, but it is also killing other animals. Burrowing owls nest within prairie dog burrows and often surround burrow entrances with bison or cattle dung to attract insect prey. The small swift fox, about the size of a house cat, can escape larger coyotes by running down burrows, and uses burrows. Over 100 native vertebrate species and a host of invertebrates benefit from prairie dogs and their colonies.  Black-footed ferrets live only in prairie dog colonies and require large prairie dog colonies to survive. This ferret is protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and is one of the most endangered species in North America, with only about 350 ferrets remaining in the wild.

The government should be protecting the land and the environment not placing poison in the ground to kill any animals to build on the site. There are other means of relocating the prairie dogs without the use of poison in the ground that we all live on for the use of building on a site. The use of Weevil-Cide was just use in Fountain Colorado on March 9, 2020, by the USDA to kill off the prairie dogs on a site so it can be used to build on. At the same time the Burrowing owls were on the site getting ready for nesting and two of the owls where killed in the process.

Please help us protect our land and wildlife from the use of any poison being used to kill any animals in the wild.