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fron Sou~h CakotB Livestock and Poultry Lossss (1 370) . A tab1 e
compiled from USOA SRS datz showing lcsses <strong>of</strong> sheep and lmbs to
a1 i causes in South Dakota for the ,years 1960 to and inc'uding 1981
shows that combined losses ranged fron a low <strong>of</strong> 5.5 perc~nt in 1961
to a high <strong>of</strong> 9.3 percent in 1367, {were 3.7 ?erc2nt in 1977, aca
in 1977, declining to 8.a perc2nt in 138;. Lamb de3chs to a11
causes as a perc2ntage <strong>of</strong> lambs docked ranged fron a ics,v <strong>of</strong> 7.3
percent in 1961 t3 a hi sh <strong>of</strong> 1 3.0 in 1971 , ere 12.3 percent in
1972, and ranged frsrii a low <strong>of</strong> 70.7 Fercenx in 1373 to 5 iiich <strong>of</strong>
1 '
12.4 7ercent in 1379, declining to 11.3 percent :n 19S1, Losses <strong>of</strong>
7 -7
sheep 70 a1 1 causss fcr th2 pars i ~ 1 thr~u~h
3 1185 sre :oi~er :b,an
for ti12 years 1965 througn 1972. A;~hougn he acknowledged that he
had no data on the percantage <strong>of</strong> lamb 1oss2s attributable to coyotzs,
Mr. Roger Pearson, Secretary <strong>of</strong> the South Gakota ge~art~ent <strong>of</strong>
Agricul ture , contended :ha; i t was !ogica! to attribute increased
lamb losses sinc? 1372 to predators.