Court strikes down Wyoming National Grassland plan to kill prairie dogs, eliminate black-footed ferret restoration.

Court strikes down Wyoming National Grassland plan to kill prairie dogs, eliminate black-footed ferret restoration.

“The Forest Service should be ashamed of their plan to use shooting, poisoning, and unmitigated plague outbreaks to crush populations of native wildlife for the benefit of livestock grazing and local ranchers,” said Matt Sandler, Legal Director with Rocky Mountain Wild. “We are pleased that the Court has held the Forest Service to its duty to consider how its actions will impact species, especially the federally endangered black-footed ferret and the agency-listed sensitive species black-tailed prairie dog.”

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