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

1 r . George 3. 30s'. , a reci red am1 oyat? 31 :he '\is ri :n 23 Lie2r-s
exper.ler,ce in rhe (Anizal Ozrna.32 isncroi Pragrarn, i;?s;den; 3f n e
Yational Animal gamage Conirol Association, Inc. (YAGC) and a
witness for the Association, cestiiied that -he us2 <strong>of</strong> Ccmccund 1080
in large-bai t sta-cions was effective in reducing coyate numbers co
a 1 eve1 where the agii cul tilre- busi ness carrnuni ti es coul d sur-ii ve .
His data on efincrivenesj apoeared TO be bascl srjnariiy on :he
reduction in the number <strong>of</strong> bait jtaiicns places in E4S Region 2
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(Arizona, Ccl orada , Xew !exi coy Oki ahcna , I exas, Otah and ',dycmi ng j
from a hi~h <strong>of</strong> approximately 3,10Q baits jn i962-63 to a law <strong>of</strong>
approxima~eiy 4,600 in 1963. He indicated tnar :he deccreasei
number <strong>of</strong> baits placed was rela~ed to the lower nunber <strong>of</strong> requesIi
fr3m AOC iraF;?rs or district field assi s~anss (3FAs) in the ci s;riczi,
who were in tlpe XST position ;o assess the need for such sti~jons.
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115. r , Jchn R. Zeck, Preslcent <strong>of</strong> 3ioiogical Envjranme~.ral icnsu1:ant
Serviiss, Inc., a former animai damage c3n;rol zcjenc for the F,iS
with cver 32 years experiancs in predator control and a vfitresi i-r
Wyoming, 2~ 21 . , reiatad an i ncideni concerni ng i sudden inc?ease n
coyote predation on 1 zmbs and ca? ves in rhe early 1950' i in .'Icr-h-
western North Dakota near the confluence <strong>of</strong> the 8ig Mi~souri and
Yellowstone Rivers. He testified that while it aid not appear that
coyote numbers had increased, predation certainly hzd and that removal
<strong>of</strong> many coyotes by traps, aerial hunting and coyote getters failed to
abate the losses. Losses were attributed to coyote movements
concentrating coyotes in the area and a baiting program was instituted