Boulder City Council Approves Plan To Kill Up To 6,000 Prairie Dogs Annually
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- The Boulder City Council approved a measure to allow lethal mitigation of a large prairie dog colony. That means that up to 6,000 prairie dogs will be killed starting next year. The city says up to 6,000 can be "lethally controlled annually."
The meeting for the city council went very late with the 8-1 vote in favor of the plan coming after midnight.
The plan calls for killing at least 3,000 and up to 6,000 prairie dogs by injecting carbon monoxide into burrows. The land in question is north of Jay Road and west of the Diagonal Highway.
Crews will also relocate up to 1,200 prairie dogs. Mitigation will begin next year.
