ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) A southeastern New Mexico county is considering a proposal to limit the importation and relocation of prairie dogs. The Roswell Daily Record reports that Chaves County commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday on the plan despite pressure from animal rights advocates to endorse a relocation project.
Commissioners earlier last month declined a request by a group to capture the squirrel-like creatures and move them to Bureau of Land Management property. The group, called Citizens for Prairie Dogs, asked for some 3,000 gallons of city water to flush the animals out of their burrows on city land to relocate them humanely.
Nearby, Curry County already has banned the transportation or importation of prairie dogs.
