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

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and 1272 to and inc:uding 1381. Averase ioss2s ts a11 causes for ;he
1960-71 period wer? dotemined to be 8.3 percznc <strong>of</strong> he Jan~ary 1
inventory plus the lamb crop and 9.3 percant for the period 1972-81.
concluded that there was esszntially no change in losses to a1 1
causes over tile 22-y2ar period and no change in total losses dur'ng
the 12-year period 1960 to 1971 , when 1080 was used and during the
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10 years following the suspension <strong>of</strong> 1C83. i ne resill t cnanses,
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however, 1T lamb loss~s ar2 sqaratzd frm she?? losses and lanb
deaths are calculat& as a percmtage <strong>of</strong> :he lamb crop using S2S
data. Thesz ca!cu.laticns result in an average lanb loss cf 10.4
percent during the years 1960 to 1971 , wni 1 e the average for :he
perioa 1972 to 1981 years is 12.3 percent. Sheep dezths as a percsnrage
<strong>of</strong> the inventory as <strong>of</strong> January 1 cf each year average 7.3 perc2nt during
the years 1960 to and including 1971 and 6.9 percent during the period .
1972Ao and including 1981 .
40, Dr. Frederic Wagner, Associate Dean <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> Nat~ral Resources
and girector <strong>of</strong> the Ecology Center at Utah State University, a nembor <strong>of</strong>
the Cain Committee in 1971 and a witness for the National Wildlife
Federation, testified that higher sheep loss ratos <strong>of</strong> recent years,
which appear to be real, are merely the culmination <strong>of</strong> a trend
beginning in the 1950's. Although his written testimony refers to
predation loss ratss, he made it clear that he was actually referring