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

:SS. Xr. Donald ',4. ??:~~norne,
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Stat2 Sb8;ervi;or <strong>of</strong> :he 12xss ,Aninal Sanase
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Czntrol ?rzgr;,m for the Fh'S anc 2 .rr; znoss far ',%iycming, 2: 31 . , 2s:; 7; ?<
that during his four years (1965 through lS69) <strong>of</strong> us'ng 1C80 5air
stations in Utah and Oklahcma, it ,was apparent that che stations
provided substantial benefits in reduction <strong>of</strong> livestock losses,
. particularly in the Oklahoma Panhandle. He point~d out that lexts
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4as the leading sheep groduc2r i n the U.S. and also the Isding stat2
in Angora goat production. Ye assertd that Tmas shee? and goat
production !,vas concentrafgd in the Edwards Plat2au area <strong>of</strong> lest
Czntral Texas, which due to intensive control efforts was 1 i :era1 ly
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coyots-free frcn 1945 to 1970. 82 statzd chat sincs th,2 ,r/ L 2an zn
:080, strychnine 2nd sodium cyanide, ic l,vas no 7ong2r possible io
prevenr coy0~2 ingress irito che Plateau ;.,r,.J. 31 1 ccunr,;es iq L- ha^
srea now i ncur i ivestock IOSZ~S to coyotes ., hother important shes?
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producing arga ~n Texas is the ~rans-Pecgs Region, which borders
the Edwards Pl attau on ;he west. Nr. Hawthorne cesti iied chaz shenp
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production in the Trans-Pocos nad decreaszd by 48 perc2nt since I?:?,
many prcducsrs switching to cattle and thoss remaining having great
difficulty in reducing or preventing predation losses. The 48 percc'n;
decrzase in sheep production was based on data compiled by the Texas
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. He regarded predation as a
major cause <strong>of</strong> this decrease and forecast that predation losses
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