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

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? l cwing r~s;r-icc;~,:s sn :no .; -
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;ax'czn:s, :he sr%a,:sc ;ercenz3se <strong>of</strong> rzd~c~jen i;nc?
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lnis decline ;./as i'ollot*led by fur~ner ieclines sf 5 ;ers?nc in ;371.
and 70 percent in 1975. In Colorado and Tsxas, marl srcduc?rs
stopped production in 1969 and 1970 than in other years betxesn
1968 and 1974. The biggest dec: ine in numbsr <strong>of</strong> eroducers in Njcming
and Utah occurred in 1969 and i 971 , respect:: vel y . Cecl ines i n zhes?
four states j i: 1373 were not ocr -, <strong>of</strong> 1 ine ,r/i 5h ehe nuxber <strong>of</strong> ~rsduc2rs
disccn~inuing praduc.iian in otner years. F'r?da",on '+/as ~iven 3s 3
significant faczor in the decision to discantinue sh~e? production
by former rcducers in zach <strong>of</strong> the four st~ii~, a1;hougn sncn~ce
<strong>of</strong> oood hirzd labor, lam^ and ~f\tcal pricos and age <strong>of</strong> the owner Irterz
other significant re3mns. Pr?daxion was generally ,?or? <strong>of</strong> 2 problzn
i- the larger scale farner groducars chan to the snail operazlons.
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171 1 CAty r2pOrTi in ihe record estina te 7rduc.r 1 osses ~i sheep :s
coyotzs at $1'3 nillion a year, based on estimazd losses <strong>of</strong> percent
to 8 percent <strong>of</strong> lambs and 1.5 percsnt to 2.5 percent <strong>of</strong> ewes ?roduc?d
ax 1977 prices. Calf losses to coyotes in 1977 were 2stiimated 2:
0.4 percent valued at $20 mi 1 ].ion. It is i ndicatecl that total economic
losses to producers would nearly double if 1980 prices were used and
would nearly quadruple if the higher range <strong>of</strong> estimated loss3s was
used. Economic losses to producers from coyote predation on sheep
and calves in 1980 were estimated ta be in the range <strong>of</strong> $75 to $150
mi 11 ion. Dr. Terri 11 concluded that annual average 'producer 1 osses
million. He used a multiplier <strong>of</strong> three in projecting the impact <strong>of</strong>
these losses on the economy. Gee, et a1 . esximated total 197a !GZZ~Z