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prada<strong>to</strong>r cgntrol. 3e rzf2rred <strong>to</strong> a study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2 band <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> range sheep<br />

under <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> herders in an area in California, during <strong>the</strong> period<br />

June 8 <strong>to</strong> September 29, 1976, where <strong>the</strong>re had been no preda<strong>to</strong>r c~ntrol<br />

practiced for over nine years. The fact hat tr,e band was under <strong>the</strong><br />

care <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> herdevs 7,40u?d seem <strong>to</strong> negats this as a nc c<strong>on</strong>trol st~dy.<br />

Reported verified lamb loss <strong>to</strong> preda<strong>to</strong>rs was 6.3 7erc2nt and <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>ts1<br />

-3<br />

loss <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ewes and 1 ambs <strong>to</strong> 7redacors was 3.8 percent. I ni s s<strong>to</strong>dy being<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> less than 4 m<strong>on</strong>ths duratj<strong>on</strong> is, <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> course, very skcrx. ~Icr2ovzr,<br />

alrhough <strong>the</strong> researchers in this study were c<strong>on</strong>fident 'hat <strong>the</strong>y had<br />

found possibly 100 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> losses,

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