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

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pastur2s and zdjaining areas. Thinkjng ?ha; the nur,ber <strong>of</strong> ::oyo:?s
had been reduced to t h coj-; ~ ;-2: ;-!e r.su]d s;(c-na, i-;j; .perzi--cn,
he incre2sed his soat herd ts 11OO he;d in 1973. testifiad
that as soon as nannies and kids ,Hers turned sut J? the shed, cojotas
began kil i ing them in the pastures. Xhen the goats were penned at
night, coyotes would kill in the day~ine. 3e stared hat because
<strong>of</strong> severe predation losses in large orusny pasxures, he aas forcad
co confine hii goats to 3 130-acr? ?asare by Cay and a :cur-acre
srap at nigh^, ldhicn rssul:ed in a savere sarasi:? crcblsn.
72. Mr. Howard lost 91 adult joacs t3 ioyctes in i9i9 and an addiziona 1
91 adults lost to parasites viere attributed to 2redarion caulsed by
the necessity <strong>of</strong> penn'ng ihe goats at night or confining :hem to
sinall pastures for protxtjon from csyoces. Out <strong>of</strong> a herd <strong>of</strong> 330
brseding nanni?s, ~e comaliy could have oxpec7ed 3 cr3o af 2:
least 240 kids. 3nl y 27 survived, kowever, and he eszimaczd thax
predators kil led or other*~ise caused the loss <strong>of</strong> 213 kids or approxi-
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mately 89 percenr <strong>of</strong> the crop. ihe remains <strong>of</strong> approximately one-
half <strong>of</strong> tnese were found, others being missing or sinply obliterated.
As an example, he indicated that a ho<strong>of</strong> or an ear would be found.
Intensive control measure;, including use <strong>of</strong> the toxic collar
(findings 75 - 79, infra), were instituted and lasses <strong>of</strong> adult
goats declined to 45 out <strong>of</strong> 1500 head (approximately 3 percent) in
1980 to 32 out <strong>of</strong> 1830 (1.8 percent) in 1981 . Losses <strong>of</strong> kids to
predators were 17 in 1980 and 27 in 1981, 15 <strong>of</strong> which were attributed
to coyotes and 12 to raccoons or grey fax.