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

have been ?srima-- ", dc $13 zii 1 ien 5 year. 3as2d on ?szizatea caif
1 osses to coyocos af 0.4 percenx in I977 and 1977 pri c ~ , s cacti?
producer losses have been sstinated zt $20 million. it is assertzd
that total 2concmic losses to producers would nearly double if 1980
p~ic25 were used and would nearly quadmple if the higher range <strong>of</strong>
estirnatsd 1oss2s l,qas used. Total economic losses 73 ?roducars frcm
coyow predation on.sheep and ca:ves in 1980 hzve been esziinated so
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be in the range cf $75 ta SliO illi ion. ;he latter figures ?rs 3?rncst
csrtainly far too hich.
34. The USDA survey (Gee, et a1 . ) estimated chat sheep ?reducers los~
$27 niliion to ?reda~ors, wizh cansuners losing an addition 510
sillion due co higher prices and reduced supply. ? ~ S S ~ in S foregone
lamb sales amcng the approximate 3,OCO ranchers who report26 lamb
losses to predators exceeding 10 percent were estimated to average
about $4,000. Based on 1977 prices, USDI estimated thac sheep
producers lost $1 9 mil 1 ion to coyotes and that other producers gained
56 million because <strong>of</strong> higher prices caused by reduced supply for a
total net loss to producers o; $1 3 mi 11 ion. Texas sheep producers
are estimated to have lost $4,317,600 to predators in 1981 and goat
producers are estimated to have lost $2,765,450 in that year.
Dr. Nielson estimahd direct income loss to Utah sheep ranchers becween
$3.6 million and $5.6 million annually. The Texas and Utah estimates
as appearing in USOA's statistics and make no allowances for pric2