Part one of term paper
? Farmers and ranchers hate them. Scientists learn from them. Families enjoy watching them. Whatever their viewpoint, most people living on the prairie have a strongly-held opinion on prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are members of the rodent family, the largest group of mammals in the world. They live in colonies on the prairie that range in s ...

Part two of term paper
... flea-borne plague, recreational shooting, and habitat destruction have left prairie dogs inhabiting only two percent of their range from Mexico to Canada. Biologists say that the resulting smaller, more fragmented prairie dog towns leave the animals vulnerable to disease and natural catastrophes. Populations are even limited on the land that is available. Current policies on National Grasslands and other federal lands typically limit prairie dogs to small percentages of available potential hab ...