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

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3r 71~2 ?cisaced ccyotss ;vere found.
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azcacks on co:iar?d sheao or seats cur- ,ns :he 92riod Iiovember
through fiarch <strong>of</strong> 1380, 30 collars or 71 percent der? punctured.
Secause coyotes were removed by ccnven~ional control techn-iqces
on the test ranches or on adjacent properties during cbe period
<strong>of</strong> the tests, it is not possible to aitri bute the decline or
cessation <strong>of</strong> predation solely to the co'l lars. It i; clear,
however, that such a reducticn or cessaiion fnl :owing evidence
<strong>of</strong> coyote a~~acks an coil ar2d animal s dnereby csl 1 ars -/ere punctur?d,
consti tutes convincin~, if circznstani~al , evidence <strong>of</strong> col lar
eife~tiveness;. ,411 ~ ~ s T37 s collars to dace have been in Penc&
pasares.
75. Extensive tesis <strong>of</strong> the toxic collar on goati have been csnducied
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at three separa-e sites on the L. C. Howard Ranch, ?erldian, ;?xzs
(finding 71) beginning in lace duly 14i9. A t the ii~xe, che ?o;varas
were losing one or ,Tare ,Angora cjoats to coyotes eacn day, 12 coyore
kills having been verified as occarring in the week anding July 23,
1979. Upon the beginning <strong>of</strong> :he rests (Texas Test ?lo. 1 ) , col lars
were placed on 20 small kids. Collared kids were killed and collars
punctured on the nights <strong>of</strong> July 27, Augusc 10, September 6, 12, 2;
(a collared kid killed and the collar missing, but probably aroien)
and 22, Octocer 7, 22, 23 (the collar missing but probably broken),
January 11 and 25 and Febrlrary 22, 1080. Coyote predation declined
markedly, there being three kt11 s in ilovernber and one in December