"This is completely inhumane": Longmont prairie dog colony exterminated

[TexasTowelie]

A sign posted at the edge of a vacant lot in east Longmont indicated to passersby that a colony of prairie dogs, which have been the source of tension between the property owner and prairie dog activists, were exterminated en masse sometime Friday morning.

“They had an opportunity to move them,” said Jeremy Gregory. “This is completely inhumane.”

Gregory said he is executive director of Tindakan, a nonprofit support organization for “eco-social justice issues,” and he came to the scene to document the extermination.

“My objective was to witness and document what they were doing and disseminate the information,” he said. “(That way) people are aware of the immorality of this profits over life mindset.”

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/10/longmont-prairie-dog-colony-exterminated/

[hlthe2b]

1. I am heartsick, as my attempts to save a small colony along a city-run bike path, which had been

living there healthy for decades failed when a HOA of a neighboring Fort COllins subdivision took it upon themselves to hire someone to essentially drown them in their burrows.

I fought with both city and state DOW officials but got nowhere, even though the method was clearly illegal. City of FC and parks department SHOULD have had jurisdiction, but were all too happy to let the homeowners that were more than a 1/4 mile away decide.

I remain heartsick to this day and still monitor closely a larger colony closer to where I live and separated (fortunately) from the path by about 1000 yards and a deep ravine on one side and the raised railroad tracks on the other. If I EVER see anyone going out there to harm them, I WILL not WAIT to act. Fighting the system the "right" way in wildlife issues, seemingly only allows for those who don't give a damn to prevail.


I should add that I haven't read the article above as it just hurts TOO much.

[MFM008]

2. poor creatures

dont get to live because they are a "nuisance", unlike half the human population on the planet.....

[CrispyQ]

3. As go the prairie dog populations, so go other wildlife.

Coyotes, fox, eagles, hawks. I use to see foxes at least once every few weeks. I can't remember the last time I saw one. I never used to worry about hawks coming to my bird feeder, but now in the cold I have to.

They are interesting & social creatures & deserve better than what we do to them. But then, that is true of 100% of Earth's species.