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

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1974, the 1a"L~r based sn Gee, ?'i 31. i:.ie losses at~ributec zo
predation iiere 2.6 perc2nt <strong>of</strong> inventory in 197Q-71 and 2.8 ?ercznc
in 1972-73. These figures are to be compared with the 1.8 percent
<strong>of</strong> stock sheep lost to coyotes in Idaho in 1974 (2.0 percent losc to
predators) reported by Ges, 2t a1 . The 1970-71 and 1972-73 loss
data are based 2n a study <strong>of</strong> range jhee? operaIors, which ?rescnably
would have higher loss rates tgan farm flock operations.
12. Lambs lost to predatcrz in Xontana as co a percgnt <strong>of</strong> lambs born
cotaledi 7.3 percent In 1968, 5.1 percent in 1969 and 17.5 percent in
1974. The rnajori ty <strong>of</strong> ttle losses (13.3 perc~ct) in 1974 were ta
coyotes. Adult sheep lost zo predators in >loncana for ~he above
year; as a percenTage <strong>of</strong> stock sheep on hand as 3f January 1
constituted 1.5 percent in 1968, 1.5 jercenr in 1969 and 6 perc2nc
in 1974. All <strong>of</strong> these figures a?pear in G?e, ec al., the source
<strong>of</strong> the loss co predators for 1968 and 1969 being the Nontana Crop
and Li vestgck Reporti ng Servi c2.
13. For Nebraska, lambs lost to predators as a percont <strong>of</strong> lambs born
totaled 7 percent in 1971, 8 percent in 1972, 8.7 percent in 1973 2nd
1.8 percent in 1974. Adult sheep lost to predators as a percent <strong>of</strong>
stock sheep on hand as <strong>of</strong> January 1 totaled 3 percent in 1971, 3.5