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

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Pepar'xen: <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and a witness fcr Ai3i, przparod a cable
oi sheep and lambs lost to all causes in Wyoming for che years
1971 through and includiog 1980 from data cbrained ircn the ',4yorning
Crop and Livestock 2eborting Service. Oividi ng tcta i reporred
losj2s during the 10-year 2eriod <strong>of</strong> ?,9 1,300 by the cumula~i~/e
inven~ary during :ha; oeriod <strong>of</strong> :S,CdS. 00, he arrived at an average .
loss rare <strong>of</strong> 14.26 percent. ,Ac:arding ro Hr. 3ourrei, these losses
were calculat2d in exactly the same manner as tam1 1oss2s l,ver4
calc~lated by Cain, 2t al., wh!ch had arrived at an 3l.3 9er:eni
aver392 toral loss rats in Qyoming far the 2eriod 135G-79.
Comparing this rate with the 7.3 percrnt averat;? l~ss rste in
Wyoming for the period 1940-19, iajn, et 21, had concjuded 3.2:
loss raws had 10; signifjcantly changed during ;fie ;eriod wneo
1080 was used. By contrast, Yr. Bourret's calculations indicated
that an approximace 6 gercen: increase in the istal average sheep
and lambs losr. during the period 1971 -80 ar an approxjmate 71
percent increase in total losses during tha gericd.
19. The inventory figures used by Mr. Bourret to nake the calculations
referred to in the preceding finding were based on stock sheep on
hand as <strong>of</strong> January 1 <strong>of</strong> each year. This stock sheep inventory is
exclusive <strong>of</strong> sheep and lambs on feed and Mr. Bourret used these