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States Fight Efforts to Save Prairie Dogs

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By Greg Allen

Published November 14, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Central states cry foul over federal attempts to save prairie dogs and their habitats. Nebraska and others say the prairie dog is a pest, not an endangered species. Prairie dogs have lost 99 percent of their original range in North America. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

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