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

52ing inaceouaie fo c~n:ro? ;oyo;e ?reca:ign. 7;; :~s;:'YcI~ ~7::
predasion 1oss2s had grsztlj incrzased since 1972 was also kas2d
on reports by the T?xas Crcp and Livestock Reporting Servicl.
110. In an effort to docnrnenc che effecriveness <strong>of</strong> 1C80 bait stations
i n reduci ng preaati cn , :4r. Haw~horne ac~achea so hi 5 ces timony
3xc?r?ts from cbe annual r2porrs <strong>of</strong> cke 745, Prsdatsry Ani~ai
Control Operatjons , Texas Oi sir: c:, f2r the ii scal 'f8zrs 1950,
1952 through 1955, and 1961 thr-ugh 19511. 1: a9Fears :ha: eozt
Compound 1080, at least for Fiscal Y2ar 1953, was used in the
Panhandle area, sxtogding as izr south as Ward and Crane Counties
and as far aest as Culberscn Cxntiy. ,Alchcush :5e rmoris do not
contain any s:atistic21 da~a, :hey do cantain abs~rvatie~s o? a
great reduction in cayocs si;n and rancher re7orTs gf a reduction or
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c2siacion <strong>of</strong> Coyote predation an cali/es and jheep. : "2 recor: far
the Fiscal Year 1955 states thaz senerally bai: stdtions placed in
Texas after the middle <strong>of</strong> January are /<strong>of</strong> 1 i C tl e value. bleverthei ess .
the report for :he Fiscal Yszr 1961 states that 1080 stations wer?
~sed effectively to "roll back" heavy coyote infes:af:cns in Webb,
Maverick and Duval Counties in the extreme southwestern part <strong>of</strong>
Texas, next to the Mexican 3order. It is indicatpd that, although
these are not counties with big sheep and goat populations, it is
the constanc drift <strong>of</strong> coyotes from these areas into the,prime she