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The US Forest Service wants to allow poisoning and shooting prairie
dogs in the last protected patch of land in Thunder Basin National
Grassland.

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Dear Defender of
Wildlife,

The US Forest Service wants to pave the way for poisoning and shooting
prairie dogs in the last small patch of land where they're still
protected in Wyoming's Thunder Basin National Grassland.

By allowing the killing of prairie dogs, the Forest Service is
threatening the health of this grassland and jeopardizing the recovery
of the black-footed ferret-one of the most endangered animals in
North America.

Tell Forest Supervisor Russell Bacon: Don't strip away
protections for Thunder Basin's prairie dogs - a species
essential to the grassland ecosystem and to the endangered
black-footed ferret!

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Shooting and poisoning of prairie dogs is already permitted across 90%
of Thunder Basin. With its new prairie dog-killing proposal, the
Forest Service is going against its legal obligation to protect
native wildlife.

The Forest Service is caving to pressure from ranchers who graze their
cattle on this public Grassland and view prairie dogs as pests.

But the science is clear: prairie dogs are essential for the grassland
ecosystem and wildlife of the Great Plains. Endangered black-footed
ferrets completely depend on prairie dogs - and only about 300
of these ferrets remain in the wild.

Tell the Forest Service: Don't strip the protections for Thunder
Basin's prairie dogs!

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Defender of
Wildlife, the Forest
Service's cruel proposal risks any hope of preserving prairie
dogs, ferrets and other grassland wildlife.

That's why we need you to stick up for Thunder Basin's
wildlife and tell the US Forest Service: Don't destroy this
vulnerable ecosystem by allowing more prairie dog poisoning and
shooting!

SAVE THUNDER BASIN WILDLIFE >>

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Thank you for standing up to protect vulnerable species without a
voice of their own.

Sincerely,

Chamois Andersen

Chamois Andersen
Senior Representative, Rockies & Plains
Defenders of Wildlife

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