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

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coyotss for one r?aszn or anoc5er and thar ;r sne ~~s~hoa <strong>of</strong> coyo:?
concrol was used constantly, bait-shyness could develop in some
ci rcumstancas. Mr. Richard Randal 1, a fcner OFA for the F,iS,
Ncrth Czntral Field Representative for Oefenders cS Wildiifa and
a wi~ness f ~ Defenders, r
-+/as <strong>of</strong> opinion thzt ccyotss did learn to
avoid or develop 3n aversion fo bairs. Vr. ?obert ?ur~eo, an
AGC agent f ~ the r Sobth Dakota Qeparaent <strong>of</strong> Game, fish and
Parks :vi-lh 37 years 3f ~xperienct in trapping and a witness fcr
the Stare, testifia thar he would have to be convinced <strong>of</strong> any such
shyness, because after consumjng the bait no learning sxperiefice
by a coyote was possi bl?. it does appear, hcwever , tha: 'he
effectiveness <strong>of</strong> baits declined over tine, wnich has been analogized
to resistanca co pesticides developed 5y c5rxain insxts. Yorzover,
2r. Xajzr L. 3oddjc~er (Tinding :GO) tzszifjed -,ha:: con~inucus iise
<strong>of</strong> a particular baiting system resu? ts in development 07 cgyote
popularionz with a high proportion <strong>of</strong> coyozes n c ~ attractxi to mat
baiting systsrn and cnac by 1964 it Nas widely accepted snaL 1C80
large-Sai ts were unacceptable to sotTe cayot2s.
Issue 3
127. Testimony as to the eii?ctiveness <strong>of</strong> dmning, shooting, trapping
and snaring in reducing predation was remarkably consistent whether
from proponents or cpponents <strong>of</strong> the use af 7080. All seemed to
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