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

a. dcs?, l.tka1 to c~ni 3es, <strong>of</strong> tsxi cant. Ai fhcush Mcntafia (Ss;jari.~ent
<strong>of</strong> Livestock) , South Dakota (Deparment <strong>of</strong> Agricul txr~) and Wyoming
(Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture) have applied for the registratior, <strong>of</strong>
sodium, fluorcacetate in Siijs to controi co;yotzs, SLas using Ccmpound
1080 have noc been ?xt?nsively tasted in the Unitzd Sta~es. L3r;e
quan-ci ti es <strong>of</strong> sini 1 ar bai ti, referred co as irop bai zs, conzsi ni ns
strychnine were ~sed prior to I972 far ~ k ccntrsl e <strong>of</strong> pr~datars,
chiefly cc~yot?s.
89. Dr. James 'ii. Glosser; Stat? Ve~2rinarian, ACministrst;r <strong>of</strong> the
Animal Health Division <strong>of</strong> the Montana 3eparmen~ <strong>of</strong> Liveszock and
a witness for Xycrning, et al., rs?or+zi on the us2 27 1283 in SL3s
co suppress the pccula~i5n <strong>of</strong> sway dogs and ca;: on Guzm in 1967
and thus contrgl an outbreak <strong>of</strong> rabies. ,At the ci:ne <strong>of</strong> the first
confirmed cases <strong>of</strong> rabies (:4arch 1967), the population <strong>of</strong> stray
dogs and cats on the isiand was estimated to range fr,m 20,000 to
60,000. A program <strong>of</strong> capturing and vaccinating these animals was
unsucc~ssful as they easily escaped detection and capture in the
dense jungle growth. A program involving the ?ick-up <strong>of</strong> stray ani?ais,
shooting <strong>of</strong> stray dogs and cats, and che use <strong>of</strong> snares and traps
was begun in June 1967. These methods resul t2d in the removal <strong>of</strong>
approximately 12,000 animals. Additional cases <strong>of</strong> rabies were
confirmed in August <strong>of</strong> 1967 and it .was detemined that more drastic
means <strong>of</strong> reducing the population <strong>of</strong> stray dcgs and cats were required.