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

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jheep,pr~duc-r 2nd 3 witness for cI-;e 52 -=--;=: ,.-LL~ ,ed t>~t l~s;?~
to lambs during the period o? bi~th through szlz I,vere 2 percent in
i972, 20 percent in 1974, 22 percent in 1975, 27 percent in 1975 2nd
approximately 30 percent in 1978. These losses ar2 in terns <strong>of</strong>
percent <strong>of</strong> lambs born. Losses in 7975 and 1976 ivere all to coyotzs.
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He staied thar. 13i~ rec~ild~ during the jurrxer -.oni.hs ner? zaintained
by a nan and his wifp who looked aftsr the she?? and chat because
:he sheep were in fmced paszlires, ir: as ;jossij?? to IOCZ'L~ qeariy
all ehe kii Is. iiis ciirreni: przdation rats was sca12d to be 10 17ercen;
<strong>of</strong> sheep and lambs a ~ d 1 percznt to guord dogs. :?s acxri but2d the
reduction in loss razes to the use <strong>of</strong> guard dogs, flnczs and us? <strong>of</strong> 2
helicopter in aerial hunxjng ~f ccyo:?s.
37. Nr. 4. K. Siddoway, a large migratary jh~ap cperassr frcn ST. ,J,nthony,
Idaho and a wi tnzss for Wyoming , ei a1 . , tesci fied ;hat he and ii s
sons have suf- ?red high oredator losses, in one year losing about
600 lambs from a total <strong>of</strong> 9,000 to 10,000 or approximately 5 t o 6
percent. He further testified that ihe highest percentage <strong>of</strong> losses
from docking to shearing was due to disxise and that 30 to 40 perc2nt
<strong>of</strong> losses from shearing to the time the sheep are trailed to sumer
range wer2 due to predation. He stated that ~ost <strong>of</strong> the weak or sick
lambs had been "weeded out" by the time the sheep are on the surraer
range and that 90 percent <strong>of</strong> losses durfng the sumer were due to
predation. He acknowledged that he hadn't kept good records on losses
to all causes and that for every lamb lost to coyotes, there might be