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Black-tailed prairie dogs are currently being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act, and their decline has had a devastating effect on black-footed ferrets -- one of the rarest animals in the world.

So how could the EPA even think about approving two deadly poisons that would help speed the decline of these imperiled species?

Help us stop our government from approving new poisons to kill prairie dogs by taking action now.

The EPA just approved a blood-thinning poison called Rozol to kill prairie dogs in ten states across America. Once ingested, this toxic chemical causes prairie dogs to slowly bleed to death -- a cruel and excruciating way to die.

Now the agency is about to approve a nearly identical poison -- the morbidly named Kaput-D -- for the same purpose: to destroy prairie dogs.

While that’s bad enough, it doesn’t end there.

These poisons set off a chain reaction of secondary poisoning that can devastate imperiled animals that are tied to prairie dogs on the food chain -- including black-footed ferrets, swift foxes, badgers, golden and bald eagles, burrowing owls and ferruginous hawks.

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