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

September 11, 2007

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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 [...]

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