Sentences with phrase «with prairie dogs»

How will the vaccine affect the deer mice, grasshopper mice and ground squirrels that share common areas with prairie dogs, and likely will consume the vaccine baits?

Epidemics in these areas usually are associated with prairie dogs and their fleas.

Not exact matches

But instead of returning with a puppy or parakeet, they purchased two prairie dogs.

So why would a female prairie dog take the risk to mate with multiple males?

«Why do female prairie dogs copulate with more than one male?

Mating with more than one male increases reproductive success for female prairie dogs, despite an increase in risks.

Health investigators eventually traced the outbreak to 28 prairie dogs that had come in contact with an infected giant Gambian pouched rat while they were held together in a cage by a pet distributor in Illinois.

The same method might be used for the black - tailed prairie dog — removed from the endangered species list but still declining on the Great Plains and often infected by fleas with plague bacteria, Knutie says.

The city of Santa Fe, New Mexico maintains a municipal park with a resident colony of Gunnison's prairie dogs.

During a 4 - or 5 - hour estrus, a female prairie dog may mate with as many as 5 different males, allowing pups from the same litter to have different fathers.

According to Slobodchikoff, these calls, with their individuality in response to a specific predator, imply that prairie dogs have highly developed cognitive abilities.

Some argue prairie dogs will defend and feed young that are not theirs, [11] and it seems young will sleep in nursery chamber with other mothers; since most nursing occurs at night, this may be a case of communal nursing.

Mitchell spent her childhood on a military base on the prairies and now makes her home in Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada, with her husband, Alan, and their dog, Annie.

Many retailers divide the treat displays by dietary classification, with a section for carnivores (ferrets), a section for herbivores (rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, degus and prairie dogs) and a section for omnivores (small rodents).

Frustration over the program's persistent lack of transparency about the methods it uses to kill millions of animals each year, including coyotes, bobcats, otters, foxes, prairie dogs and black bears (and countless non-target animals) is growing and media attention, including a recent in - depth opinion piece in The New York Times, has begun to shine light on this federal program's shadowy activities with a call for reform.

Those who remain live in a landscape of fallendown buildings, burned - out houses, strip clubs and urban prairie with one of the highest crime rates in the country and countless free - roaming pet dogs and unwanted strays, nearly none of whom are spayed or neutered.»

The first two are specifically formulated for dogs with allergies, and the last has more unique proteins (wetlands formula has duck, prairie formula contains bison).

As with respiratory disease, cardiac disease is also seen in prairie dogs.

The virus is found in rodents with rock squirrels, prairie dogs and ground squirrels being the most susceptible in the U.S. Fleas carried by the rodents transmit the bacteria to other animals and humans through their bites.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Richell USA has partnered with Unleashed Indoor Dog Parks, indoor, off - leash play parks created especially for dogs and their pet parents.

With limited time but wanting to get out into the prairies, I opted for a trip aboard Canada's oldest regularly scheduled operating Vintage Steam Train, The Prairie Dog Central Railway.

Move on to the Rolling Plains city's impressive outdoor education spots such as the River Bend Nature Center and a park with a designated prairie dog town.

Referencing prairie dogs and Mussolini, yesterday New Museum chief curator Richard Flood wound up his talk at the Portland Art Museum on «Creating Networks: The New Internationalism» with some bracing criticism of his own directed at online critique of his institution.

His cousin, the prairie dog, is campaigning for a Prairie Dog Day, with the support of several zoos and animal rights activists in the United Statdog, is campaigning for a Prairie Dog Day, with the support of several zoos and animal rights activists in the United StatDog Day, with the support of several zoos and animal rights activists in the United States.

According to Dr. Con Slobodchikoff, who turned his vocalization analysis on the Gunnison's prairie dog of Arizona and New Mexico, the chirps these animals use as «alert calls» are actually word - like packages of information to share with the rest of the colony.

WildEarth Guardians has released a report grading states and federal agencies on their support of the cute critters and what they're doing to help keep the populations from shrinking further.Taking into consideration factors like habitat preservation, plague monitoring and conservation plans, the report card showed most states sitting below a B, with only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is importwith only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is importWith all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is important.