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

or failure <strong>of</strong> 'A? 2:amb t3 wrse frcm fne ?we for cn2 ??ason sr
ano~her) , dis2ase and other causss. Whi 1 e the ewes and 1 an~s arz
subjec~ to little or no predation during the ?eriod <strong>of</strong> confine~ent,
predation can begin again or continue once :he shew are rsl~as~d
inn gasxures or ranges and shod lambing is not an al;2rnacive mechod
<strong>of</strong> reduci ng 7redati on. Shed 1 am~i ng i s 1 abor i nznsive. M~xove~,
lunl ess ?roper prxauci ons ar? taken l~i th regard yo cl ezn i i nesi
confining sheep or soars can acwa'ly increass :oss?s dus to diszasz,
parasi cts , eIc.
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133, in open range sicgations her?ers ro cantrol and lsok afzzr the ;bees
zreessenti zl . %hi 1 e at 1 easx as a theoretical iriatyzr addj ti ona?
herders could reduce ?redation lossss, ~xperienczd herders are in
short supply. Testimony from ranchers is to :he
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~~r?ct ;hat heri2rsi
salaries range from $530 to 5750 a month, but that rhe coca1 COST <strong>of</strong>
rcain~aining a herder, i.e., for groceries, supplies, etc. can be as
high as $l,5GO to $1 ,6a0 a monzh.
i56. Or. Gates (finding 141 ), while at the USDA Sheep Experi~ent Station,
tested electric fencing, referred to as New Zealand type, as a non-
le~hal method <strong>of</strong> predator control . The designation l.lew Z2al and refers
to a type <strong>of</strong> charger whereby fence wires can be energized by use <strong>of</strong>
a 12-vol t battery developed in that country. The charger is <strong>of</strong> high