Black-tailed prairie dogs are currently being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act because they have declined by more than 95% from their historic numbers. So why would the EPA even consider approving two deadly new poisons to help speed their decline?

Because EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is either an incompetent technocrat, or she's got a special nod/wink relationship with the cattle ranching lobby (à la Ken Salazar at Interior). Or both.


Rozol and Kaput-D, the two anti-coagulant poisons that the EPA just approved to kill prairie dogs in ten states across America, cause the animals to slowly bleed to death. These poisons also set off a chain reaction of secondary poisoning that kill other imperiled animals tied directly to prairie dogs on the food chain, including black-footed ferrets, swift foxes, badgers, golden and bald eagles, burrowing owls and ferruginous hawks (among others).

Please join me in urging Jackson and the EPA to ban these poisons once and for all:

http://action.defenders.org/saveprairiedogs
P.S. Please pass this forward in your LJ, Facebook, MySpace and/or Twitter. A copy of your petition letter may also be sent directly to Jackson at jackson.lisa@epa.gov. TIA.

Tags: animals, environment, epa, friends, greed, thank you, wildlife
From: Chicago
Mood: Disappointed. Again.