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

New flexic~, and 2 wi tness for ',4ycrni ng, 2t a1 . , xstified tha"s 1CEO
large Aai i :tations were an 2ffecti ve method for reduci ng coyote
predation on sheep, goacs and calves. He based chis conclusion on
the fact that pl aci qg staii ans resul tsd in fewer signs <strong>of</strong> coyores ,
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such as tracks and droppings, :ewer damage c3muIainis and a rzdticed
catch <strong>of</strong> coyctes by trappers. Mr. Anderson ii rst beczme inv~lved
in the placznent <strong>of</strong> 1380 bait sbtions in 1362 in an area satith 3f
che Edwards ?lateau in Texas and which he referred to 3s the "coyotz
factory <strong>of</strong> the Uniztd Staces. " He also ?lacad and supervised zh2
pi acenenc <strong>of</strong> bai c stacions in Colorado and U"ch during che jeriod
1964-67. He tzstified chat after the ban on the us2 sf 1289,
i cdicators <strong>of</strong> ccycce ;3opui ati ons i ncreaszd, ci ti ng an i ns-tance i i.1
Eray County, Texzs where 40 he1 i coctzr-hcurs o-f hunting resu 1 ted ; n
a huge take oi approximaceiy 290 coyotes. He asszibTea tha-, whi le
1080 was in use ?pproximately 25 to iO percent <strong>of</strong> that numDer c7
coyoces would be expectod to be taken by that dmcunt sf aer'al
hunti og .
119. Dr. Samuel Beasom (finding 95) conducted a study in 1975 and 7376
on the efiscts <strong>of</strong> prsdator control on Angora goat mortality in
northern Zavala County, Texas in the South Texas Plains. Surviva- ,
bility and productivity <strong>of</strong> Angora goats were compared between a
225-hectare treated and a 207 -hecQre untreatsd (no predator control )
pasture. The study area is known to have a heavy infestation <strong>of</strong>
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coyotes. The two pastures were separated by seven kilometers.