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Old 08-18-2019, 03:00 PM
 
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The WaPo reports that some Prairie Dogs at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge are infected with Plague and have shut down some visitor areas through Labor Day as they work on the problem.

Excerpts from article: "The risk posed to hikers and pets is why certain areas remain closed. Dogs are less susceptible to the plague than cats but may pick up fleas that can infect other animals and people" ... "Though the plague can be treated with antibiotics, it has a dark history." ... "Health officials in Colorado have been coating prairie dog holes with an insecticide powder. As the prairie dogs enter their holes and brush up against the powder it kills the fleas on them and prevents the spread to other animals."
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Old 08-18-2019, 03:19 PM
 
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Old news, Mike. Been on the local TV news for a week or two. And as you alluded to, plague is treatable with antibiotics, which obviously did not exist in the Middle Ages.
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Old 08-18-2019, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Berkeley Neighborhood, Denver, CO USA
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Can we have the Secretary of the Interior visit these lovely rodents and pet them?
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Old 08-18-2019, 07:45 PM
 
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Can we have the Secretary of the Interior visit these lovely rodents and pet them?
Him and certain others of his ilk.
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