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

the socjzl or;.zni zati33, azc!~ hjzr2rchy 2nd < ? ~ r i < ~ 4 y j igcer.;j!,es . *
s~abiiize 3t a iower level, wi-ch the likely cansequence <strong>of</strong> a lcwer
rate <strong>of</strong> 1 ivestock predation.
124, Dr. Franz Camenzind, a 3io'iogist and 3 i~i~ness for Friends <strong>of</strong>
Animal s , T'nc. , Inno has conductxi stens r2~2zrci; 3n CZ:IOC~~
?opuiaticns ssentially frw <strong>of</strong> man-caused ~ortali~y, supporr~d
tne thecry that a s~able, unex?ioiz2d coyote ?o~u?ac;on would
1 i kely lead to 1 ower rates <strong>of</strong> 1 ivestack predarion. ;3e ooszrvea
ccyotes over an eight-year period on the National Elk ?ef~ge near
Jackson dole, Wyoming. He 2scified :hat 3 s-,abl2 coycle2 oopu;at;on
consistxl <strong>of</strong> social unizs or packs <strong>of</strong> from four to six adul~s bav-,ng
clearly xfi ned nierarcnies o r peck orders and we! 1 deii ned,
terri tori es . 3e 2xpl ai nec! that wi :h ixoder3ce to he3~y conzrol , tne
social structure becomes disrup~zd or destroyed, the population is
in a constant stat2 OF flux, terriccries are not oucl ined or aefsnded
and that the rgsult may be nore prey killed per coyote tnan would oe
the case in a stable population. Contrary co 5cn2 theoriss,
Dr. Camenzind did not find that a decrease in coyote populations
resulted in an increase in litter size. He acknow7edcjed that the us5
<strong>of</strong> poisons could reduce the number <strong>of</strong> coyotes.
125. Mr. Eugene Allen, Administrator <strong>of</strong> the Wildlife Division <strong>of</strong> the
btontana Department <strong>of</strong> Fish, Wildlife and Parks and a witness For the
State, testified as to the results <strong>of</strong> a study <strong>of</strong> coyote ecology