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

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oe <strong>of</strong>?s?r oy expenses for shezring, ie~erinary f?es 2nd iapz ,yes,
etc. iha~ waul@ oineraije have been inc2rred 5ux for predaiion 1 0 ~ ~ 2 ~
<strong>of</strong> particular animals. Fixed casts for property taxes, pasture
1 eases, or ranije permits do not ordi nari ly vary wi th death losses.
#orilover, absenx extremely heavy losses labor costs in managing
flocks would remain a~prsximarsly :he same. Czsts for shearing,
vetgrinary fees and supplies, erc. wouh, <strong>of</strong> course, je lower for 3
lesser number af animals, but are not ordinarily siynificant.
173. in addition to direct 1osse.s caused by ki 11 ing livestock, predation
also resu:ts in indirect costs or lossss. Dr. 3owns iist2d thesz
2s (1 ) r~duczd animal 7roduction caus2d by malestaticn; (2) :zduced
production and doazh losses causzd by ~fforts fs ~vade ;oss2s (exariioils
oarasite infes~aticn and smothered aninals resulting from clos?
conii nernent) ; (3) cosi <strong>of</strong> supplmental feed for confined anjinal s ; (4)
labor for gathering sheep scattered by predacar attacks and ireating
injured animals; (5) direct costs <strong>of</strong> control ?:for-s; (6) reduced
attention to other phases <strong>of</strong> fan and ranch operations and (7)
inability or unwillingness o f ranchers to produce she? and oats in
areas we1 1 suited hereto. He acknowledged that to the extent
restrictions were placed on the use <strong>of</strong> 1033, in the event it was
reregistered, at least some <strong>of</strong> these indirect costs would necessarily
be incurred.
174. Dr. Thomas M. Power, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Economics, Chainan <strong>of</strong> the Economics
Department at the Uniiiersi ty <strong>of</strong> Montana, and a witness for Defenders,
disputed the vieur ta:ial: greater or more effective predator control