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

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four in /*lay, ihr~n in dune, TNO eacn in Jl~iy and Adgust, four in
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Sepienzer, si~ni 10 3::oter 3ni tiir?r! in ::~\~S.TEBT
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coocerarin: rancher a;?ribu:.d 13wer ~redziion lcsses :n IS72
to successful use <strong>of</strong> the collar in 1973. 'iihile circunstant~a?
evidence was considered to support this conclusion, other forns <strong>of</strong>
predator control employed concurrently precluded unequivocal adoption
there<strong>of</strong>.
41. T2~ij <strong>of</strong> i1Ao ocher sixs in Idzho in :he summer <strong>of</strong> I978 Save no
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infonation as to collar er-recziveress because pr3ble.n coyoTes Nere
apparenzly removed by other Jeans and collared an!~als vere noi
attacked. Like the tests on che Idaho sic? referred to in the
preceding finding, tests <strong>of</strong> the collar at ,Xcntana Tisc Yo. 1 were
conxi nued from 1578. Predation itspoed iron i ~ t e izptembet 1 j73
throu~h Apri 1 <strong>of</strong> 1971 after two c3l jars were ?unct;rec by ccyotes
in September <strong>of</strong> 1978. A1 though cal lars were rei nzroduced in 13 t2
Hay <strong>of</strong> 1979, after five lambs were killed and again in June aixr
three more lambs were killed, no collared lamb was attacked and the
only puncture <strong>of</strong> a collar was attribu~ed to wire. 3ifficuity <strong>of</strong>
targe~ing aztacks to collared sheep was attributed to the presence
at a distance <strong>of</strong> about one-half mile <strong>of</strong> a flock not involvea in
the test.