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

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was rhe nosL comprehensive sGrvey <strong>of</strong> she~p and ianb iosszs to
predation evzt conductzd. Predation, principally by the coyote, was
the major cause ai sheep and lamb deaths during 1974, l~sses
attributd to coygxes numbering 728,000 lambs and 229,COO adulc
sheep, represmting a ~hird <strong>of</strong> the tots1 lamb deachs t3 all causes
and a faurrh <strong>of</strong> tne adulr sfieey dea-ths. Lanos were attacked mch
more than adult sheep, overall ios3es to coyot2s being 8 percen1 <strong>of</strong>
the lambs and 2-3 DePcent a? the sheep. Loss ratzs <strong>of</strong> lambs and
sheep to coyoces were highest in states wizh pubiic range grazing
and mountaincus t2rrzin ?/hi 12 ccmparacively few deaths frcm cgyotes
were incurred in the Scat2s o-f Kansas, >lebraska and ?/ortn 2nd Souc!~
Dakota. Predation losses other than to coyo-ces, ccns~i:uzxi 2.3
percent <strong>of</strong> lambs and 0.9 perc2nt <strong>of</strong> sheep.
9. Gee, et a1 , rspcrt2d that lambs lost -co predators consti tuted
11 .4 percent <strong>of</strong> lambs born and 49.3 qercent <strong>of</strong> losses <strong>of</strong> lambs to
a1 1 causes. Adul t sheep lost to ?redaters totaled 3 :4 percent <strong>of</strong>
the January 1 inventory and constituted approximately 33 percent <strong>of</strong>