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

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,,di n j - 2 ~ 1944-.L5, ~ 194.5-45 ,?nd 1345-47. -. ; 53 3i2i 5 ~ 5 fyz ,,,;zs
concurrsntiy in simi l?r ?i?caients Zrd had a;parznii~~ been ::red
for seven ;~re\!icus 14; nsers . ieoar-.s frm rzcchers ; ndi c3:eci :ha:
lamb losses were reduced by an averas? <strong>of</strong> 87 Jercsn;. 2ates c i
predation loss suffered by ;he ranchers previous 29 these ex~erlrnents
were not furnished.
, 104. 9 . k'agner also rsferrzd to 198: 2rticle iy Lyncn and :iasi (not
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in evidenca), ~hich ccmpiied infanation on annual i3e.p and ;oat
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loss?^ to predation in nation,al foresis (Forest 5~rvica Zegjsns i-8)
during the years 1960-78, and on the annual number ci ;;80 staiions
used in the same areas during the period 1960-72. Carrelaring annual
shee?-and-goat-? ass values :ri th the annual number af l O8O jiari cns
and finding then siaciszical ly sicniiicani, Lynch anc Uasi tsncl~ded
that the dec? inirrg number <strong>of</strong> 1080 s~ations was causally reiat2i to
increasing sheep and goat \asses. 3r. Uagner auesz:onea ~fie:a?r ;ni;
correlation represented cause and effec~, srnphasiring that although
lamb losses in the early 1950's iol1owing the introduction oi 7080
appeared to be lower than in prerious years; juch losies began
rising in the mid-1950's and continued ts rise during the perjod 0 f
1080 use, peaking three co five years after the 1972 ban on 1G80.
105. Being <strong>of</strong> the belief that ~idesgread use <strong>of</strong> 1080 large-bait itations
was for the purpose <strong>of</strong> suppressing rcgional coyote populations on the
assumption tnat there was a relationship between coyote densities and
predation, Dr. Uagner concluded that the eifec~iveness <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong>