Defenders' Experts
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Black-tailed prairie
dogs (prairie dogs) live in colonies that once covered 10-20 percent of the
Great
Plains. They once numbered
in the hundreds of millions, and provided food, shelter, and habitat to dozens
of other species of wildlife. Over the last 150 years prairie dogs have been
reduced by more than 95 percent, and they continue to be poisoned, shot,
bulldozed, and killed by exotic disease. Defenders is working to protect and restore large
prairie dog colonies – and the many species that depend on them – in key places
across the Plains.
Management and Policy
Defenders of Wildlife is:
- working to end the destruction of prairie dogs on our public lands;
- helping wildlife-friendly ranchers in Kansas save prairie dogs and reintroduce black-footed ferrets.
In the Field
Defenders of Wildlife is:
- working with Indian tribes to protect prairie dogs on tribal lands.
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