Why do residents say "this animal is too cute to eat" when digging tunnels in Tibetan areas?

There is such a soft and lovely little animal in Tibetan areas. They wantonly destroy grasslands and villages, but no one dares to eat them. They are prairie dogs that I want to tell you about. In Tibet, the groundhog is an exotic species, and it may be kept as a lovely pet at first. Later, with their escape or abandonment, they took root in this land; These years have caused serious damage to the grasslands and vegetation in Tibetan areas, and even endangered the housing safety of villagers in many cases. The root of all this is the woodchuck's sharp teeth and ability to make holes, but the Tibetans are helpless. This is mainly due to the following reasons:

Reason 1: Groundhog has a very lovely appearance, and it is a lovely pet in our opinion, which is why many people like to breed groundhog. We are often blinded by their lovely appearance, especially when they eat, and countless others are really moved by it. How many people can hurt such cute little animals? But in fact, under their lovely appearance, they have a very powerful destructive performance. As people have been in contact with them for longer and longer, this serious problem has been discovered.

They have sharp teeth and claws, dig holes on the ground and eat roots and grass roots to survive. If this practice is only one or two woodchucks, it may not have any impact on the ecological environment in Tibetan areas. However, with the increase of their number between columns, the gradual harm is becoming more and more obvious. A large area of grassland has been destroyed, because a large number of pits have destroyed the soil structure of grassland, and the grass roots have been eaten underground, making the grassland gradually barren and livestock gradually grass-free.

Reason 2: Although prairie dogs are cute, it is not an important reason why they can't get rid of our food. In fact, besides their lovely appearance, they also carry the plague virus, which is the real reason why we can't talk. I don't think anyone wants to get terminally ill because of gluttony!