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

Envi ranrnenr 3ersonnel in accordanc2 ~.-/i :.;7 2s-3~; I scea ?~-:C~~LT?S.
in I~SC-~I, four 1C8O ;aii sations ie1gn:ng acc~cx;ca;?,iy 3 kg.
each :.celn? p?aced, <strong>of</strong> wnich id kg. or 36.3 T?rcenc :er? consider~d
TO have been consumed by coyotes. Dr. Frank S. Tcmpa, Ministry
Staff Specialist in Carnivore and Wildlifz Zanagement, and
Coordinator <strong>of</strong> ?redator Control Programs, Mini stry <strong>of</strong> Envi ronment ,
3ritish Columbia and a ~;ritness for Nyorning,, ot a1 . , considered the
Csrnpound 1680 program to be as sdcc2ssiul as other predatcr
contro-i methods in rernovi ~g wolves and csyotas graying c;n 1 ivestock.
Secause <strong>of</strong> regul~tions requiring bai :s to be retri2ved no nor? chan
14 days after placamen~, he acknowledged that ?h2rc wers cccasion5
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when deprddaticn continued afkr the bai ts !Mere removed. I ne
preaator control program in 3ricisn Columbia is rolativeiy small,
Or. Tcmoa estimatsci that che number gf zoyo;es taxen r?y preda:~r
cmtrol personnel each year by all mechods nay be as low as 1CC co
120, whilo the number takn annually for their pel~s was in :he ranse
93. SLDs impregnated with Compcund 1080 are currently usd for dingo
control in Queensland, Ausxrailia. aeef, horze or kangaroo meat i s
used as bait and the minimum bait size is 125 grams. While prepara-
tion <strong>of</strong> the baits is apparently restricted to government or authorized
personnel , distribution <strong>of</strong> the bai is (I and or air) is by the landholder.
The 1080 program is considered effective, its use being credited
with marked reductions in the numbers <strong>of</strong> "bitten" calves and an
increase i 1 ambi ng gercentaaes . rornoo~~nd 1090 howver, ; s 31 z?
used in large baits and evidence in the record is not sufficient to
enable evaluation <strong>of</strong> the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> these methods <strong>of</strong> 1080
del i very.