The Paiute Tribe of Utah won't be able to remove prairie dogs from its land due to a last-minute protest by an environmental group.

Chairwoman Lora Tom said the reservation is overrun with prairie dogs. So the tribe applied for a federal permit to relocate some of the animals and kill the rest.

But the Forest Guardians, a New Mexico group, filed an opposition to the permit, as well as one sought by a golf course in Cedar City. The group says the removal of the prairie dogs violates endangered species laws.

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