Ghetto Plainsman | Jarid Manos

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 much anymore, pregnancies collapse etc. Of course the prairie dogs can’t understand what the hell is happening when they see their family members just suddenly explode in a mist of blood and guts. And it suddenly makes the above-ground outside world, the loving Mother Earth blessed in sunlight and health, where they have raised their families for generations, where they have literally worshipped the Sun, a terrifying, inexplicable, extremely dangerous place. After a million years of being here, prairie dogs are comfortably interwoven into their roles in the ecosystem, and have learned how to deal with predators, but they have no comprehension of killing contests, where humans blow them up from far away with expensive high-powered rifles and shooting tables, etc, for “IVG” –”Instant Visual Gratification” and “Red Mist” sport.