Should prairie dogs be protected or exterminated? People around the world are stating prairie dogs should be treasured. However, in the articles, “Denver’s Street-Smart Prairie Dogs,” and, “Prairie Dogs: A Threatened Species or Public Health Nuisance?” provides evidence that prairie dogs should be exterminated from urban areas because of their destructive impact on the environment and how because their population are thriving rapidly they are becoming an inconvenience to humans. Prairie dogs are well known for being a “plague-ridden, land-destroying blight.” In “Denver’s Street-Smart Prairie Dogs,” Morgan Heim states, “... their tendency to chew down grass and create dusty, pock-marked landscapes in pastures, cropland and backyards.” This argues that prairie dogs disrupted ways are destroying our lands, and in order to protect our lands we need to exterminate them. Furthermore to this evidence, the text, “Prairie Dogs: A Threatened Species or Public Nuisance?” it also claims, “... prairie dogs from a given area are a threat of injury to park visitors who fall into holes.” Furthermore, this evidence supports that because of prairie dogs harmful ways on the …show more content…
environment it interferes with us as well. Not only are prairie dogs harmful to landscapes, but they are an inconvenience because of how successful they have become.
In the passage, “Prairie Dogs: A Threatened Species or Public Nuisance?” Roberta Barbalace insists, “Their expansion encroaches upon the grazing land, golf courses, city parks and even airport runways.” This reveals how their population are thriving, and how it’s difficult to keep them under control. As their population extends, we will encounter more conflicts with prairie dogs. Additionally, Seth Magle discovered that “prairie dogs lived in communities on average five times more crowded than rural colonies”. This furthering the fact that as prairie dogs thrive, there will be many more problems to face. Prairie dogs population will keep exploding, causing prairie dogs to get in our
way. Many believed that prairie dogs are becoming endangered. However, Roberta Barbalace observes, “Like most rodents, prairie dogs reproduce quickly. They can produce one litter of pups with 4-6 pups per litter. Most of their natural predators other than humans have been eliminated or greatly reduced in number. As a result, there is little environmental pressure to keep their number in check.” This proves instead of the prairie dogs population reducing, they are briskly increasing at an uncontrollable paste. Therefore, it shows prairie dogs population will keep increasing if they don’t get eliminated.
“The irony of thousands of ash trees being cut down this Arbor Day marks a tragic chapter in the history of Metroparks,” Jack Gallon, President of the Board of Park Commissions wrote in a letter to TCP, “One way we can channel our disappointment in a positive way is to urge our federal lawmakers to close the door to exotic species that arrive on American shores at the rate of one every eight months. The cost of prevention is small compared to the cost to our native plants and animals. Pearson Metropark is proof of what we stand to lose.”
Estimates are that at the turn of the twentieth century over two million wild horses roamed free in the western United States. However, having no protection from their primary predator, man, by the 1970’s there numbers had dwindled to less than thirty thousand. In 1971, after a massive public uproar, Congress by a unanimous vote enacted the “Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act” (Act) that characterizes wild horses and burros as national treasures and provides for their protection.
...leaving a little portion of land to the animals is not that bad. The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone has been very beneficial to the ecosystem. We tried to eliminate this species but in the end, we need to ask ourselves the question, do we really need to eliminate another species based on our own biases and fears? We need to look past personal gain, and leave nature to take its course.
Kudzu the plant that was once brought from Asia its home land to be a helpful plant to prevent erosion and feed farm animals turned out to be one of the biggest pest the United States has ever seen. The plant came to the United States and proved to be more harm than good. A technique of controlling the plant is a much needed necessity in the United States before it can be used for any good such as medicinal uses like it is used in Asia or to use as a cover crop again. Kudzu is the prime example of something being just fine where it is. Native species should stay in their native lands for the most part until more is known about them and there is a sure way of controlling them so something like what happened with Kudzu doesn't happen again.
Restoration of the Bison is something that has been going on for the past two decades. As a matter of fact, several Native American tribes have come together to form the Inter Tribal Bison Cooperative (ITBC) which has been set out to bring bison back onto the American plains in the midwest. Bison have an intimate relationship in the traditions and rituals of Native Americans. The importance of bison within the culture has made bringing back the bison an important issue in the preservation of wildlife. However, some of the arguments made by the ITBC show that the bison's economic value should be the main factor why they should be brought back. Yet others involved in this cause suggest that buffalo restoration could be an alternative to failing rural areas in the prairies. Opposition to this proposal comes mainly from those who reside in the affected areas. This topic does involve parties that have different interests in buffalo restoration.
The prairie dog population had been dwindling in an inconstant pattern because of disease, this started to take a toll on the lives of
In the last decade, from the Rockies to New England and the Deep South, rural and suburban areas have been beset by white-tailed deer gnawing shrubbery and crops, spreading disease and causing hundreds of thousands of auto wrecks. But the deer problem has proved even more profound, biologists say. Fast-multiplying herds are altering the ecology of forests, stripping them of native vegetation and eliminating niches for other wildlife. ' 'I don 't want to paint deer as Eastern devils, ' ' said Dr. McShea, a wildlife biologist associated with the National Zoo in Washington, ' 'but this is indicative of what happens when an ecosystem is out of whack. ' ' The damage is worse than anyone expected, he and other scientists say. Higher deer densities have affected growth, survival, and reproduction of many plant species which have aesthetic, economic or ecological value. In some cases, many species of trees have also been shown to have reduced growth as a result of high deer density (Environmental Benefits of Hunting, 1). Deer prefer certain plant species over others and frequently feed on economically valuable tree species. For example, they prefer oak and sugar maple seedlings, as well as acorns, over less palatable species like American Beech and striped maple. Thus, less marketable species are more likely to survive to maturity,
Most cities rely on people respectcing the rules even though not all the rules are follwed, so if a dog attacks another dog or person in the park, the victim could rightfully sue the dogs owner and the city for not enforcing the rules/law of the public dog park. Traffic congestion will also increase near the park, and noise from the barking dogs and yelling owners can disturb nearby residents. This is also a very expensive prjoect just the fence alone would cost around 70,000 dollars!
In the Grampians National Park there are many introduced species. These animals compete with the native Flora and Fauna, for food water and other resources to live on. These “pests” include Rabbits, foxes and feral cats as well as exotic grazers such as horses, deer, pigs and feral goats. These feral animals are all leading to the downgrade of the Grampians and wider parts of Victoria and Australia. There are many ways that the Government and other parties are trying to solve this major issue.
If you’re walking over the Kansas prairie and see thousands of little holes and wonder what they are, you’ve probably stumbled upon a prairie dog town.
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Reasons for risk of extinction. The main reason for the risk of extinction includes the declining population of prairie dogs. Black-footed ferrets heavily rely on prairie dogs for nutrition. With the increasing popularity of cultivation in prairie lands during the early 1900s, the prairie dogs faced a high decline in population leading the ferret population to decline as well. Since prairie dogs were considered to be pests, they were usually poisoned or killed by famers in hopes of protecting
According to pro-hunters’ view foxes are pests and the most effective way to limit their number is fox hunting. Hunt supporters believe that the fox does untold damage to farmers and their livestock, including attacks on lambs, poultry and game birds. For them hunting plays an essential role in managing local fox populations, and is the best and the most humane way of controll...
As a kid, I fell in love with the idea of getting a puppy for Christmas. Wrapped in a small box with a bow on top sitting under the tree just like the movies and tv shows I had seen. I can remember making a Christmas list of all the things I wanted that year, and every year the same thing that I wanted had said “puppy” with it underlined so that my mother knew which was my favorite on the list. Every year no surprise, I didn’t find a dog. I never understood why I never received one. When the kids at school talked about the few dogs they had at home made me so jealous, but I hoped that one day it would be me to have my own best friend at home.
At one time, bison were widespread from Alaska to northern Mexico. Now bison have been exterminated in the wild except in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and Wood Buffalo Park, Northwest territory, Canada. The bison are gone in the prairie of the United States along with many of the ecosystem's species. Deep scars mar the landscape where the soil has been swept way by water runoff. The life of the rancher and farmer is vanishing.