Dogs and cats were not domesticated by catching them, caging them and forcing human contact on them. It was a gradual process that had benefits for both parties - a mutual decision to coexist. Every domesticated animal has suffered terribly in the hands of humans and why anyone would want to increase the number of species enduring this is beyond me.
Because we can does not mean we have any moral right to.
Domestication is not a process that is accomplished quickly - it takes many generations.
Dogs still talk the language of wolves and we still fail to understand them.
In the domestic cat we have created huge feral populations that live miserable lives.
Your Prarie Dog obviously experienced filial imprinting on other Prarie Dogs, not humans. It is a social animal.
I do not advocate letting captive animals free to fend for themselves. I would, however suggest you take it to a wildlife rescue centre where it can be rehabilitated and have a future as a Prarie Dog.





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