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--> Please read the RST Resolution No 2009-352 that was posted in the "NEWS" section of our website. It contains important information prohibiting the use of the rodenticides ROZOL and KAPUT-D on any Tribal Lands, especially as a form of Prairie Dog control.

--> We have recently tested for and have confirmed the presence of the Sylvatic Plague in Prairie Dog towns in the Iron Shell Flats area of the Reservation.  This area is in western Todd County, west of Rosebud and South of the Parmelee/He Dog/Upper Cut Meat area.  It is most commonly spread via a bite from a flea carrying a bacterium (Yersinia pestis).  Prairie dogs are the most common carrier of the fleas at this time but domestic dogs/cats and rodents are the most likely vector to the human population.  PLEASE GET FLEA COLLARS FOR YOUR DOGS AND CATS AND USE RODENT CONTROL IN YOUR HOMES TO LIMIT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPOSURE.  
Follow this link for information on the Sylvatic Plague.