Local governments often resort to poisoning, to the chagrin of environmental groups. The Prairie Dogs actually created a flight safety issue at Buckley Air National Guard Base when I was stationed there with the Air Force back in the early 80s. Dedicated Dog-Lovers occasionally muster moving campaigns. We’re going the natural predator route in Frederick, at least at our place.
I’ve seen hawks pull them up from time-to-time, but Boots is kinda gimpy and slow, due to a run-in with Jax early on. He tries tho, and is often seen following Tigger about, trying to catch on. He figured it out. The day after he brought back his first PD kill I was sitting on the tailgate in my usual morning resting mode when I observed the little rascal creep right up and disappear into the nearest PD hole across the street.
