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

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9t-cmijz in reducing jheep :css?s 20 ~redacars. ,Yr. Oeviin (finding 21
used a r??el ianc s2ray "Sheep P?rfurneYH ~dhich was ap~aren~iy
succ~ssful in repelling or det2rring coyots atcacki on sheep for
an 12-day period. Cnce the effects <strong>of</strong> the substanc2 wort <strong>of</strong>f,
Mr. Rev1 i n declined to use it again because he was cmcerned about
possible contamination <strong>of</strong> neat and wool .
143, Guard dogs, l,vhich are tz be distinguished frsm cogs us2d for heriicg
and gathering livestock, have apparently Seen us& in Fursqe and
Asia to 7roi2ct s hee? and goats from predators f ~ hundrds r <strong>of</strong> 2ears.
Guard dogs perform their function not so much by at-cacking ~rm!ators,
but simply by their presmca dererring pradatars from 2reying on
lives~ock. Common jrends used as guard dogs inci~ci2 cne Gr3at
Fyrcnens (ori gin: Franc2 and Spai n) , Komondar (origin: juncjary ) ,
Shar Planinetz (Yu.josi,avia), /.tero,ma ( Italy) and Korabash anb
Akbash (Turkey). According to Ms. Catherine de la Cruz, a Sonorna,
California woalgrower, breeder <strong>of</strong> Great Pyrenees dcgs and a witness
for Defenders, these dogs share numerous traits: cney remain alo<strong>of</strong>
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frcm strangers, ar? not overly responsive to human a~~xcion, prefzr
the company <strong>of</strong> sheep to that <strong>of</strong> humans or other dogs and are not
overly responsive to verbal commands.
144. Ms. de la Cruz has been raising and training Great Pyrenees since
1957. She has placed guarding dogs with ranchers in several states
including California, Canada, Wyoming and Texas. She regards repeat