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Utilizing Csoperative Extension Service oudgets, Dr. 5chaub calculztsd
estimated economic impacA6 <strong>of</strong> reductions in iamb losses TO coyozes
for western Colorado produc2rs <strong>of</strong> from 0.7 percent to 3.0 percgnt for
a producer having 500 sheep 2nd shed iamoing, =rcm 3.3 7erceni ts 2.4
jercsnt for 2,WO sweep ,di:h shed lacbing 2nd ircm 1.5 zerceni rs 12
percenc for a producer naving 2,400 sheep and ranas larnbino. fccnonic
irnoac~s werc also escinat~d for an Eastern Colorado probuc~r naving
2,GOO sheep, shed lambing and an ssxizatzd reduction in coyots loss2s
<strong>of</strong> from 0.5 percent to 2.7 percznx. In doing 59, he made csrtain
assumptions, i . 2. , thac adai tional iambs wouid be nsrkec2d for
slaugn~er, that feed, travel, and hir2d ldbor costs wuld incr?as?
at ths average 2we rate contained in the ori~inai buagec and rhac
range and family labor costs wculd be constant. Gross inccme for the
producer with 2,400 head utilizing range lambing wculd increase from
$1 ,845 to $1 5,454 depending on the magni cude <strong>of</strong> the r2duction in 1 osjes
to coyotes. ?roductisn COSTS could increase from $707 to $5,925
resulting in returns from predator control and to management increasing
from 91,139 to $9,529, Comparable increased returns for the producgr
with 2,400 head <strong>of</strong> sheep utilizing shed lambing were $1,217 to $5,300,
while production costs could increase from 5539 to $2,310, resulting
in returns from predator control and to management increasing from