Prairie Dog--Update

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This is an article I found yesterday in the June/July 2002 edition of Outdoor Life.

Dog Fight
New regulations arrive.

The current brouhaha over the black-tailed prairie dog, long considered a pest and a regularly a favorite target of Western hunters, began in 2000, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the prairie dog should be afforded some legal protection because of habitat loss. However, the agency recommended delaying further action because it determined that more than two dozen other species were in greater need of protection.

In the meantime, several state wildlife agencies have made moves to prevent futher federal regulation of the prairie dog and farmers and ranchers are fighting to maintain management of prairie dogs, whose vast "towns" can create a hazard for livestock.

In Montana, the status of prairie dogs has been changed from "varmint" to "non-game wildlife in the need of management", which restricts hunting them on federal lands for three months a year.

Wyoming has agreed to take an inventory of the state's black-tailed prairie dog population. This while the U.S. Forest Service supervisor Mary Peterson has signed an order prohibiting the shooting of prairie dogs on part of the Thunder Basin National Grassland.

In Nebraska, the game and Parks Commission passed a resolution to continue studing the status of the black tailed prairie dog, --J.R. Absher
 
And some day it may come to this:

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June/July 2010 edition of Regulated Outdoor Life.

Fly Swatting to be Squashed?

P.E.T.A Pro-Fly Lawsuit Threat Successful

New regulations arrive soon.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has successfully threatened to sue several state governments for what it terms "The willingness of arrogant humans to think that the house fly does not have the same rights as other creatures." Rather than fight another lawsuit based on opinions widely held by a handful of people, federal and state agencies moved to protect the housefly.

Federal Department of the Interior spokesperson Libby Rall said in a prepared statement "We fully support the right of state agencies to sacrifice common sense in the name of budget constraints."

P.E.T.A spokesperson Mya Daddysrich went on to say "Our successful fight for protection of coyotes, prairie dogs, foxes, and cockroaches is nearly complete. We must next move to protect the housefly which has it's own unique place in a properly biodiverse ecosystem. Too long has the housefly been assaulted with pesticides, fly paper, and fly swatters in the name human comfort. Man must learn to live in balance as equals with other creatures including the housefly and not assume that human comfort or sanitation is a privilege that can be pursued without regard to insects."

The current brouhaha over the black house fly, long considered a pest and a regularly a favorite target of annoyed humans, began in 2003 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, pressured by media reports of "unfairness" and "pro-human attitudes" within the Service, announced that the fly should be afforded some legal protection because of concerns for the fly's self-esteem.

However, the agency recommended delaying further action because it determined that more than two dozen other species were in greater need of protection.

In the meantime, several state wildlife agencies have made moves to prevent further federal regulation of the fly and farmers and ranchers are fighting to maintain management of flies, whose vast swarms can annoy livestock and picnickers.

In California, the status of houseflies has been changed from "pest" to "non-game wildlife in the need of management", which restricts killing them on federal lands or public places for three months a year.

Massachusetts has agreed to take an inventory of the state's house fly population. This while the U.S. Forest Service supervisor Misty Bunnihugger has signed an order prohibiting the swatting of houseflies in national forests located in that State.

In Connecticut, the Game and Parks Commission passed a resolution to continue studying the status of the housefly.

P.E.T.A representatives felt the moves by the various state agencies were "half hearted" and did not go far enough as they contained "no provision for felony charges to be brought against fly murderers."

P.E.T.A expects to file another lawsuit, this time with the additional backing from the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Mosquitoes, to "put some bite into coming regulations."

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I think they could also protect ants and mosquitos, who knows how many of those are killed each year. They really need our help. So lets tie one Peta member up next to some lake, so he can feed the mosquitos. Then we'll cover the other one in honey and put him next to some ant hills, so those precious ants don't go hungry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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