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

data indicating that in 1,276, tiler? ;wer9 77 ,,ZOO 2eies in Colerzan
County and chat by down
that there werz 204 sheep prcducers in the County in 1977, bur only
165 in 1981. He contended that the sheo? industry was vi xo the
County and,that many areas were more suited to sheep ?robuction or a
conbinati on <strong>of</strong> shee? and cattl a production rather than just c3ttl e.
ik said that on a ;articular 575-acre iease, he Idas unable to rtin
sheep due to ?redation by coyo~s 2nd that he (was only one <strong>of</strong> ,~zn;/
fac2i by that proole!. :e further cmtenced thar only ;qith the
reinsta~ement <strong>of</strong> Compound 1080 could coyotes be contr~~lied and ncney
returned to the pockets <strong>of</strong> the producers. $.nother side <strong>of</strong> che
econorni cs <strong>of</strong> prsdatgr control was presen~ixl by Yr . Robert C~r~entzr,
a Drews2y, Oregcn czttle rancher and a witness for C~Tanders.
Mr. Carpenter has not suffered any livestock losses to predators
and was highly i ndi gnan t at FWS ADC conx~ol ooeraxi ons , because he
considered these operations deprived his sons and others <strong>of</strong> n29aed
income from the sale <strong>of</strong> coyote pelts.
180. Mr. Charles Howard (finding 71) estimacsd that his total income from
goats in 1979 was approximately $28,0CO, while his predation losses
to goats totaled $35,619. This included direct costs <strong>of</strong> $14,637
comprised <strong>of</strong> $10,657, for loss <strong>of</strong> goats and mohair, $1,470 for travel to
'pastures to pen goats and $2,520 for ranch expenditures in the control
<strong>of</strong> predators. Indirect costs included $5,400 loss <strong>of</strong> adult goats co
parasites and complications, $3,600 loss on goats sold because <strong>of</strong>