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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnybody here ever have a pet prairie dog?
I think they're the cutest little things.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)dhill926
(16,337 posts)Fla Dem
(23,650 posts)I do wonder about someone rescuing an injured or abandoned baby and then nursing it to good health. Are these animals ok to be released back in the wild never having any experience and only knowing captivity?
Otherwise, I agree.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)If they CAN be released then they should be but if they can't then the first thing to do is to put them in a controlled area but as close to their natural habitat as possible. If that is impossible then yes living as a pet is acceptable. I just have a problem with taking an animal from the wild and making it into a pet or if they are rescued form an injury and could actually once again survive in the wild they should not be kept as pets. I am also against breeding wolves with domesticated dogs. People do not understand ( or want to ) that wolves act and react on a different level than domestic dogs.
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)They also exported some plague-infected fleas with them. It didn't work out so well.
I agree that wild animals should remain so. Enjoy from a distance AND work to fight those who would fight for their eradication, just so they can build a parking lot...sigh
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Plague, rabies ~
oh my!
pintobean
(18,101 posts)and a guy had one on his shoulder. Very cool.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)We always had them in the pastures. Then the plague would rip through the town's. It was eerie afterwards. I would never keep one as a pet. I had a friend with a pet racoon and one with a magpie. I wouldn't keep them either. Dogs cats and horses maybe a burro or a good mule. That's it. Wild animals are wild.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,174 posts)Hers isn't really all that attached to her humans. My friend would rehome it, but her granddaughter would be upset.