Topic: Pets & Animals

Everyone driving into Telluride notices the prairie dog colonies on the valley floor. Lately, the Colorado Division of Wildlife is noticing them a bit more, putting scientists to work by researching the prairie dogs' genetics.

The furry little animals are susceptible to plague, and serve as food to natural prey, such as raptors and snakes, so it's extremely important that we learn more about how the prairie dogs survive and how they impact our ecosystem.

Norwood's biggest event of the year is an event not to be missed. From little kids to third generation ranchers, everyone comes out to support their community, watch the rodeo and hop on the fair rides.

Telluride says goodbye to Ruby the mountain lion. Rescued from a U.S. Department of Agriculture fur farm, Ruby went on to live at the Rocky Mountain Ark Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and lived to be the oldest mountain lion in the world. After suffering from ailments associated with old age, she was put down this spring. In this video, Ramona interviews Melissa Margetts, who used Ruby to teach people about mountain lions and safety around wild animals.