Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

filie calv~s
:3 CS~O'LBS 3nd has lost ar;? CLI ca; i2s fcr -,ha:
reason evory year since tha: Tim, %with tne 2xcep~ian
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cr !982. Ye
d.id nor loss any calves to coyotes in 1982, because he adopted a
seni -confi nement cal vi ng aperati on i n order to mi nimi z~ prsadti on
los$es. He staced that this substantially incraased costs fcr fsed
and labor.
Issue 1(2)
68. Cain, et a1 . ~ade no rzferencs co losses <strong>of</strong> goats to pradatars. ,As
we have seen (finding 38), USaA Forgs~ Serv?c~ data ccmbir,es producsr
reporrs <strong>of</strong> losses <strong>of</strong> sheep and goats co predawrs 2nd ?cijonous ?lanu.
Losszs co preda~ors 3s a perzsric <strong>of</strong> animals SrlzZa iiirins the ~ e r j ~ a
af 1020 use, ranged frzm 3 ~ C W <strong>of</strong> 3.79 serc?n: In 1330 LO a nish ~7f
2.39 percent in 1972. Losses to predatsrs in the pos:-:i80 yzars
as a percent <strong>of</strong> ani~als grazed here 2.07 percent in 1973, 2.N percont
in 1974, 2.17 percent in 1975 and 1.88 percenc in 1976. decause che
number <strong>of</strong> animals grazed does not include lambs and kids (a ewe and
lamb or a nanny and kid being countd as one), while ~ O S S ~ io S
predation does include lambs and kids, actual ?redation losses are
approximately one-half <strong>of</strong> the above percsntages.
69. The article by Dr. Shelton (finding 6) reflec~ed thac goat lossss to
predators averaged 4.90 percent <strong>of</strong> inventory (sdul cs and kids) duri ng