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

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1,; j3nl;ar:/, four In r2gryary and one ;n Y~rcn ;lf :380.
,A1 zhou~n no ~o:sar,gd c2yo-es ,ere found, :: ,V;S CS~.C~:C~C L-~z.: LC
least I3 coyoc2s were ?raca~!y kill?d as 3 r~su;; zf 7unct~r;ng
collars. Becaus? at least 15 coyotzs wer? taken by conventional
neans *xithin a five-mil? radius <strong>of</strong> the tssc sit2 during the same
period, the reduction in predation could not be 2txributed solely tc
use <strong>of</strong> xhe coilar.
7 - 10. During the period <strong>of</strong> the czst referrsd co in c!.-1 orec3ding fi ndi ng
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at leasx one coyote avoiden- a he coll~r 5y attacking gcats Trrcrn tne
rear or flank, ki 11 ing one uncol lared kid, one adultgoat and 240
callared goat: in Oc"Lbbr, one co1 lared goat i;n 'Icvmber "379,
and two adu? t goats in February and one callarca kid in ;4arch oP
1980. Ai thougn chis point <strong>of</strong> attack ii characteriitic <strong>of</strong> C G liilii, ~
dog kills were ruled ou~ because 3f cl2ar coyo~2 Cracks in the
vicinity 3f scme <strong>of</strong> the remains. OSv'ously, che col lar is ine+fect;vc
under such circumstances.
77. Tests at another site on the Howard Ranch (Texas Test No. 2)
resulted in tn2 killing by cgyotes <strong>of</strong> one collared kid and a c~ilarld
nanny on August 19 and anothzr col lzred kid on August 22, i 973. 1
three collars were punctured and there was no further predation at
this site into march 1980. While no dead coyotes were found, it
was concluded that two or three were probably killed. Twelve
coyotes were taken by conventional means within a five-mile radius
<strong>of</strong> this site during the period late August 1979 through May <strong>of</strong> 1980.
This test was considered successful and especially noteworthy
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