CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.

Plague-infected prairie dogs in Colorado pose health risk to humans, areas of wildlife refuge remain closed By Madeline Farber Fox News Published August 20, 2019 12:44pm EDT ...

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

The Tri-County Health Department confirmed on August 1 that plague-infected fleas have been killing prairie dogs at numerous sites throughout Commerce City. A fireworks show scheduled to follow the ...

Prairie dogs with the plague keep parts of Colorado wildlife refuge shut down. ... which could put people and pets at risk, so those areas will remain closed," Dr. John M. Douglas, ...

The bait is laced with plague vaccine, and Fish and Wildlife says 60 to 90 percent of the prairie dogs gobbled it up in recent trials in Montana, Colorado and South Dakota.

They, along with the prairie dogs, may be at the greatest risk from plague. The Conata Basin has the largest black-footed ferret population in the world, Travis Livieri told KELO in April.

Plague is frequently detected in rock squirrels, prairie dogs, wood rats, ground squirrels, chipmunks, mice, voles and rabbits. SJBPH investigates prairie dog population die-offs for the presence ...

Of the 25,000 acres of prairie dog habitat managed for ferrets in the basin, the plague had spread to about 9,700 acres before its growth halted in August. Officials expect the plague might start ...

On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the nation's largest colonies ...

Yeah, the Plague is still a thing—these Colorado prairie dogs can attest having recently contracted the deadly disease. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that Portions of the Rocky ...

The plague die-off was first discovered in a black-tailed prairie dog colony near public areas of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, said David Lucas, U.S. Fish and Wildlife land director.