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

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increase from 531 7 ;o 51,250, prcducricn cosrr caul d ir:r??ie , ran
5107 to 5429 and r-eturns frm predatar csn~rai and :c aanagsmenz
could i ncreasa from $210 co 5331 . The astsrn Col orzdo producsr :uas
assumed to operace on privaiz land and to have lower predaiion rates.
For this operaior, gross income could increase from $822 to i4,2&5,
production casts could increase from $533 ts 52,756 and rsturns frse
predacor control and to nanaFemenr coxld jacrease irom 5288 ~3
41,189. None <strong>of</strong> these estimates include increases in c9s;s for
predator control. Dr. Schaub :2s:ified thar tnese eszlmates were
for losses consicered to be average or re?resen~ative, and that lik?
all averages, ih~y could severely underestirnatz rhe financial
impact on individual praducers suffering high 7redar:cn and thus oe
rnisieaaing.
179. #r . Bi 11 D .. Sneed, President <strong>of</strong> 'i rst Col e~an 'la~i onal 3anu <strong>of</strong> Sal ewan ,
Texas, a rancher actively engaged in raising sheep, soars and caitle
and a witness for Yyoming, et a1 . , tzstified that his bank had denied
requests for loans on sheep and goats (apparently using them as
col lateral ) because <strong>of</strong> coyotes. He explained that there kere certain
areas <strong>of</strong> Coleman County, which were heavily infested with coyotes and
that if land jn one <strong>of</strong> -those areas changed hands, his bank would decl ine
a loan on sheep and goats in one <strong>of</strong> those areas. He asserted that a
number <strong>of</strong> ranchers in the County had gone out <strong>of</strong> business because <strong>of</strong>
losses to coyotes. He acknowledged that there were ocher reasons for