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1573. I hese fi$ur?s ?re centzined in See, et a? . 2nd at-5 :3 be cor;ar?d,
1di:h ;ne $23 rzoor~ea adui t sheep 13s; :J ?rsdascrs in i3xas 2s 2.3 serz?nr
<strong>of</strong> STGC~ sheep in 1374..
17, The Wyoming Crop and Livestock Reporting Servics has col izcr2d and
reported data on the perc~nt <strong>of</strong> lambs docked lost to coyotos sincc
1965. This data as compiled by Mr. Littauer s h ~ a s loss rate
ranging frorn 3.31 percent in 1968 to 6.C3 percdnt in 1372, increasing
to.8.23 ?erca-f, in 1973 and 9.29 percznt in 1974. Gee, es al. reporr,
lamb losses to 7rea3cor-s as a ?erc2nt <strong>of</strong> lamos born <strong>of</strong> 11.7 perc?n:
in 1974, <strong>of</strong> which 9.3 percent were to coyores. 3ased on a pub1 ication,
'Jyoming AgficulturalTtatistics, Gee, 2t ai, re7orr. lambs 10s; to
predators'as a perc2nt <strong>of</strong> lambs born torallng 5.5 7ercent in 1966,
percenr. in ? 971 , 7.9 percenc in 1972, i O percent in 9: ano 10.8
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percent in 1975. Xyoning USDA SRS data showed lamb 10853s ro :cyot?s
as a percentage <strong>of</strong> lambs docked totaling 9.i3 perc2nt in !975, 3.2
percznt in 1976, 7 .? 0 PerconT in 1377, 7.07 7ercent in 1978 and 11 .03
percent in 1979. Adult sheep lost to predatars as a percent <strong>of</strong> stack
sheep on hand as <strong>of</strong> January 1 <strong>of</strong> 2ach year as reported by the State
Reporting Service and the Wyoming Crop and Livestock Reporting Servicl
were 2.3 percent in 1966, 1 .6 percent in 1968, 2.3 percent n 1569,
2.2 percent in 1970, 1.7 percent in 1971, 1.8 percent in 1972, 2.9
percent in 1973 and 2.8 percent in 1975. The comparable Gse, et a1 .
figure for 1974 was 3.5 percent.