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  2. What to do about prairie dogs - The Humane Society

    You can change landscaping to increase or decrease cover or available food or to encourage predators. Before making major landscaping changes, determine what species of prairie dog is on your property and do a little research on its preferred habitat. Black-tailed prairie dogs, for instance, actively clear vegetation so they can see predators from ...

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    Creating visual and physical barriers can be really effective. It may not be 100%, but it’s a tool we can certainly work with; barriers and buffer zones can be made of many materials: 1. Vinyl barrier fencing 2. Snow fencing 3. Wood-slatted privacy fencing 4. Hay balestall sturdy plants 5. Fast-growing tall grasses 6. Shrubs 7. Trees 8. Electric fe...

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    Once you understand the role native predators can play in helping to reduce prairie dog colony size, you may want to tolerate their presence in order to set up a natural balance that will reduce your problems. To attract raptors—such as hawks, owls and kestrels—you can provide suitable-sized nesting boxes and artificial perching sites near the colo...

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    Prairie dogs can carry fleas with a bacterium known as yersinia pestis: Yersinia is the bacteria that causes sylvatic plague in an animal, including prairie dogs. Research has shown that "dusting" colonies with insecticides such a deltamethrim (delta dust) or pyraperm not only kills fleas but may also stop the outbreak of this exotic disease in col...

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