I’m sure there’s a metaphor in here somewhere: Feds Poison Prairie Dogs to Save Ferrets:
The federal government will begin poisoning prairie dogs in southwestern South Dakota next week after reaching a deal with conservationists designed to protect the endangered black-footed ferret.The U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to distribute poison on only 5,000 acres instead of about 8,000 acres in the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, including the Conata Basin, where more than half of the nation’s 400 wild ferrets live.