Ghetto Plainsman | Jarid Manos

“Prairie dog killing contests are not only morally obscene, but science shows are devastating to the ecosystem”

Risk-disturbance overrides density dependence in a hunted colonial rodent, the black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys ludovicianus
By Jonathan N. Pauli and Steven W. Buskirk
This new study scientifically shows how prairie dog shooting events/killing contests leave the survivors in a severe state of trauma and dysfunction, where they lose body weight, don’t come up above ground nearly as [...]