{"id":2130,"date":"2012-05-15T23:47:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T06:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2012-05-15T23:47:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T06:47:55","slug":"westerly-creek-clean-up-june-23rd-forrest-city-seeking-hunters-to-kill-prairie-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"Westerly Creek \u201cClean Up\u201d June 23rd: Forrest City Seeking Hunters to Kill Prairie Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nForrest City has announced its next cleaning of Westerly Creek will be held on June 23rd. In coordination with SUN, they are looking for the usual volunteers to help pick up garbage that has flowed down from Aurora as well as get rid of dead plants and other wayward garbage. Mainly, however, they are asking for the aid of hunters to clean up the real problem in north Westerly Creek: prairie dogs.\n\n\u201cWe have tried a lot of things in regards to eliminating the prairie dogs,\u201d says Forrest City president Phil Dargossi. \u201cAt this point it appears a bullet may be the only answer. For that reason, we are looking for hunters with high-powered rifles, or Aurorans with automatic weapons.\u201d Forrest City and SUN are hoping that this will finally end the prairie dogs reign of terror.\n\u201cWe have tried asking them to relocate, poisoning, and napalm, none of which have worked,\u201d said SUN President Mike Victoria. \u201cWe feel this is the next step, and after that, it is probably the National Guard.\u201d Critics have again tried to point to rights that prairie dogs may or may not have.\n\u201cThese are living beings which we must respect,\u201d says resident Jill Hickey. \u201cThere has to be another way.\u201d Other residents disagree that the local rodents have rights. \u201cIs it their right to completely destroy a section of what was supposed to be a beautiful green area,\u201d questions Kelly Skaggs. \u201cIf we don\u2019t do this now, things are going to just get worse.\u201d\nForrest City is asking interested hunters to contact them at phildargossi@forrestcity.net<\/a>. Include the subject line \u201chunter\u201d and a brief description of your firearm and killing experiences.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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