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For links to other Prairie Dog relocators please see the links page. Listen
to Lynda Watson describe Prairie Dog relocation for
View
the video of capturing Prairie Dogs
We and the Prairie Dogs appreciate it !!!!
This will help you to understanding what it involves to capture, observe, quarantine, and relocate Prairie Dogs from locations where Prairie Dogs are unwanted and would be destroyed.
After capture each prairie dog is sprayed for fleas and then put under quarantine and observation for approximately two weeks before they can be released.
During this time their health and nutrition is monitored and intervention is taken when necessary to restore them to health before they are turned out into a new location. This quarantine and observation period is a critical element to a successful release onto a new site and those that have had the benefit of a quarantine and the observation period often fare far better than those that are released to a new site the same day they are captured. Not only has their health and nutrition been restored as much as is possible but they are then evaluated and released utilizing a slow and deliberate process that takes each new site into account and consideration is taken about how successful coteries are established in the wild with their release. Initially, the release process often starts with a small group of females that get right to work with new tunnel systems and burrow construction. Next, if the timing necessitated that any babies or young required relocation, a small group of babies is released with the females and given time to reunite and integrate with one another. Finally, after a short time, any remaining young, any remaining rehabbed females and all of the males are brought to join the rest of the group into a location that has been developed by the initial females and is occupied, developed and ready to accept newcomers. Sometimes funding does not exist to allow for this quarantine and observation period, hence the survival rate of those released may not be as high as those that have had that luxury coupled with knowledgeable management and monitoring. We are thankful for rescuers and relocation organizations for providing their knowledge to safely give these Prairie Dogs a new lease on life.
If you are interested in participating as a volunteer, please contact us and we can put you in touch with the organizations with the experience to make capture and relocations efforts a safe, fun, and educational experience, while keeping the welfare and safety of wild Prairie Dogs a top priority. *Note that you risk being bit or seriously injured by a number of things such as, angry adult wild Prairie Dogs capable of removing a finger or two, black widow spiders and other spiders and insects, rattlesnakes and other snakes, badgers and more if you attempt to try this on your own.
Donations
are greatly needed to help support the efforts of: While any type of donation you make is incredibly appreciated, you can best serve the Prairie Dogs by sending monetary donations where portions of your contributions are not being wasted by shipping and freight costs. By choosing to make a contribution to Lynda Watson - PMS Recycled Vermin and/or Joann Haddock - Citizens for Prairie Dogs you can absolutely trust that all monies would be spent toward what is listed here. You can pride yourself in knowing that you made a difference in helping save those that have no voice and would otherwise be destroyed without your help. These
are approximate Day-to-Day
operating expenses for ongoing needs: Suitable
land - relocation organizations DESPERATELY
need donations of suitable land or land that can be readily sold in order
to obtain a suitable location where unwanted wild Prairie Dogs can be
safely relocated for permanent residence. Not all land is inhabitable
for wild prairie dogs. Please contact us or one of the experienced relocation
organizations listed on this site in more links, for more information
and assistance in determining whether a site is suitable for long term
sustainability.
Feed & Supplies-
can include but are not limited to such basic needs as sweet
potatoes, greens, fresh grasses, fresh timothy hay and other grass hays,
water bottles (wild prairie dogs destroy these frequently during their
temporary stays) = $250 per month
A
Used 3/4 2 Wheel Drive Pick Up Truck
Though this article was written 9/30/02, permitted wild to wild relocations still occur routinely today. Once captured, wild Prairie Dogs are brought into the relocator's temporary holding facilities until they are stabilized and are able to be released into their new habitat. This process can take time depending on the condition of the Prairie Dogs that are captured and the land that is available. They often have to gradually be introduced onto a suitable land site in controlled groups in order for the relocation to be successful over time. It takes time and lots of experience from the relocator to monitor each land site during an integration of new Prairie Dogs into a newly developed area. This time housing and maintaining the Prairie Dogs while sites are being established is why these two entities could use your help. Plus, your contributions could help them both to relocate and save even more from being poisoned, shot, or bulldozed in the name of future development.
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Disclaimer:
This website is not designed to give medical advice or take funds. It is provided
to give information and any transfer of funds to help Prairie Dogs should be
given directly to the appropriate organization. We are not a rescue or a relocation
organization and have no affiliation with any entities listed on this site.
Our goal is to help Prairie Dogs as pets and in the wild. Our opinions may or
may not differ from any authors or links listed on this site, but the main objective
is to help Prairie Dogs and educate others about these special animals and the
positive impact they have on our environment.
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