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lost 102,800 animals (sheep and lambsj :o pregators in 1381.
Considering a January 1 , 1981 shep inventory <strong>of</strong> 2,360,000 2nd
1981 lamb crop .<strong>of</strong> 1,250,000, this results in a predztor loss razz
f ~ shesp r <strong>of</strong> a~prnxirnately 3 perc2nt and a predator loss rat? <strong>of</strong>
lambs in 1981 <strong>of</strong> app~~ximar21y 3.7 percsnt.
29. Dr. gale A. 'rlade, E;ct;nsion ',iiIdiife special is^, Texaj Agricultural
Extension Service,. a former animal dzma~e control agent for tne Fish
and W i 1 dl i fe Seryi ce- <strong>of</strong> U .S. Departmenx <strong>of</strong> Inr2ri or and a ~,di tness for
Yyorning, ec al., made a 1 iczracure raview <strong>of</strong> bat3 zn or2iation in
;he western United Staxs. He concluded thac pr2cisz 33ta on
losses <strong>of</strong> livestock to preda~ion werz avaiiabl? only from szlxc?d
farms and ranches, bur that 3s:imaxes suggesrsd that losses to coyot2s
were approximately 4 percent to 8 percont <strong>of</strong> lan~s and 1.5 percent to
2 percent <strong>of</strong> shes produced in the 17 western states. This c-ta appears
in Counci 1 for Agri cu! tural Science and Technology, Special Pub1 ication
No. 10 (March 1982), authored by Dr. Wade and in evid2nce, but its
source appears to be a Oepartnent <strong>of</strong> the Interior publication not
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in evidence. Predation loss data compiled by Dr. Wade appears to
41 This pub1 ication "Predator Dmage In The West: A Study <strong>of</strong>
coyore icfanagement A1 ternatives" - (USD I, 1978), was identi fied as F'AS ixh 3
and pr<strong>of</strong>fered as an exhibit. i he pr<strong>of</strong>fer was withdraw, however, upon
obje,:ti 275 :ba:: +h2 ;a~th~:-s l.+,>~? ,s': :',ai 1 st;:-3 fo:- :ro?r -c,