Update, the link is now fixed. Apparently it changed when the story was updated.
Boulder to kill (euthanize) prairie dogs…
City officials announced Thursday that they might have to euthanize prairie dogs in North Foothills Community Park if they can’t find a place to relocate them.
Where did they get this dose of courage since on March 23rd lethal control was not an option….
Since “lethal control” isn’t an option, and relocation is usually prohibitively difficult, that most likely means the fence would be built at that point, Scholl said.
The dose or courage came from discovery of bubonic plague in Lyons.
But the decision to build the barrier has been changed, he said, because of the discovery of bubonic plague in Lyons. If an overdue plague sweeps through Boulder’s prairie dog population, he said, spending money to build a fence won’t make sense.
Not to mention that spending the money, I believe more than $120,000 although I couldn’t find a reference, is a waste of limited resources. This is a city that while they are closing the satellite libraries early is busy building unsafe traffic circles and spending endless hours trying to contain prairie dogs.
The outcry of the vocal minority in the upcoming weeks should provide cheap entertainment.
