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Stop the killing of 16,000 prairie dogs

May 20, 2014
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relentless human control and sprawl
it will be the death of us all.
the land belongs to other species, too
who have as much right to live as
you do.
to slaughter we prairie dogs,
because you can….
such behaviors will be the end of all life,
including man.
so find a way to let us live on.
we need some acres to walk safely
upon.

signed, prairie dogs and all species

Karen Lyons Kalmenson

Please take a moment to send a sample letter and sign a petition, thank you.

Exposing the Big Game

http://www.all-creatures.org/alert/alert-20140519-2.html

Tell U.S. Forest Service: DO NOT Poison 16,000 Prairie Dogs
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org

FROM

National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
May 2014

ACTION

The U.S. Forest Service is considering a plan to poison as many as 16,000 prairie dogs in Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland. Prairie dogs are a keystone species and vital to the survival of many other animals. Tell the Forest Service to reject this heartless plan.

prairie dogs prairie poison
Image by Jim Robertson / Animals in the Wild

Sign an online petition here

And/Or better yet, make direct contact:

Thomas Whitford
District Ranger, Douglas Ranger district
Thunder Basin National Grassland
c/o US Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
740 Simms Street
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 275-5350 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (303) 275-5350 FREE  end_of_the_skype_highlighting

INFORMATION / TALKING POINTS

In Wyoming, prairie dogs are slowly recovering from decades of hunting and disease, and Thunder Basin National Grassland contains some of their last…

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  1. karenlyonskalmenson permalink
    May 20, 2014 12:27 pm

    relentless human control and sprawl
    it will be the death of us all.
    the land belongs to other species, too
    who have as much right to live as
    you do.
    to slaughter we prairie dogs,
    because you can….
    such behaviors will be the end of all life,
    including man.
    so find a way to let us live on.
    we need some acres to walk safely
    upon.

    signed, prairie dogs and all species

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  2. karenlyonskalmenson permalink
    May 20, 2014 1:24 pm

    You are very welcome and thank you. Everyday we push the rock uphill and back down it rolls…perhaps one day, up it will stay!

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  3. Emy Will permalink
    May 20, 2014 2:31 pm

    Signed. Hope it stops this senseless plan 😦

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