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

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saven <strong>of</strong> the 12 tests, z~recti~/enesi gf cogs in ~,vo <strong>of</strong> ;h? tls~s
was questionabie and in xnree <strong>of</strong> me issts dogs had liczl2 apparlnt
influence on the number <strong>of</strong> shee? killed by predators. Kcrnondorok
kerc not as succ~ssSu1 on rangeland as on pasTuros, while Great
Pyrsnees appeared to be equally succassf~~l cn rangeland as on "ncod
pastur~s .
151. Dr. Gr3en costified rhat )while no special ski 11s were rqui r~d to
rear and train a succ2srful guardjng dog, ~atience and persistencz
over a period <strong>of</strong> aT jeast a year may be required in order fcr 3 icg
to be er'iecti!;e. He 3s;erted that a rzservoir <strong>of</strong> trzined dggi
not availah?$ 2nd that guard ccgs zould not be vsewed as 5 n ~ i d l j
depl oyable fom <strong>of</strong> predator con~rol . He further testifix! that
guard dogs were not free <strong>of</strong> problems in that they mui; be ;nte:r.ied
into the sheep operat'on, that they may harass, injure or naim livescock
they were supposed to pro~ect (two <strong>of</strong> rhe dogs at USSES having killed
sheep and four others having been imp1 icated in such i ncidencs) , :hat
dogs may bi te people, usual 1 y strangers (three dogs at USSES havicg
bitten a person at least once) and that they are subject to illness
and injury. Dr. Green viewed guard dogs as one <strong>of</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> methods
for reducing predation on sheep, asserting that they would not normally
eliminate predation.