Kansas prairie dog colony getting new 'digs' - KSN-TV

Kansas prairie dog colony getting new 'digs'
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HUTCHINSON, Kansas – Kansas farmers consider them a nuisance, but the ecosystem of the plains we call home depends on prairie dogs. ...

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Game and Parks Commission passes on plan to stock prairie dogs - Lincoln Journal Star

Game and Parks Commission passes on plan to stock prairie dogs
Lincoln Journal Star
OGALLALA -- The state's wildlife agency rejected a request Tuesday by a private nature sanctuary to reintroduce prairie dogs in north-central Nebraska. ...

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Culprit Of Prairie Dogs' Drama May Be Caught - NPR

Culprit Of Prairie Dogs' Drama May Be Caught
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by NPR Staff The prairie dog plague has led to massive prairie dog deaths, scaring nearby human communities for the last 60 years. The prairie dog plague ...

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Sask. prairie dog found dead of plague - CBC.ca


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Sask. prairie dog found dead of plague
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Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan has a large population of black-tailed prairie dogs. (Parks Canada) Parks Canada officials are alerting the public ...
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Kindred killers: Monkeypox rising in the wake of smallpox eradication - NatGeo News Watch (blog)

Kindred killers: Monkeypox rising in the wake of smallpox eradication
NatGeo News Watch (blog)
Back in 2003, we had an outbreak un the US associated with imported rodents that were kept next to American prairie dogs. The prairie dogs became infected, ...
Outbreak: Monkeypox!New York Magazine
Humans with monkeypox virus cases rocketNew Scientist

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