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

535 lambs lcst to all causes ii7 I%;, ?j",ima:ing 131 lmos
were 10s: to predators in that year. He staEzd that he knew coyoc?
losses Idere very ?ow in the period prior to 1972 \;/hen 1080 was in
use, losses being approximately 2 to 3 percent.
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30. l4r. Leo I ass, a sheeg and cattl e rancher frsm 3uf5alo7 '~iyorninq
and a 1d-i tness for ?,F3F, testi fi ed that they were experi enci ng
lore and mors 1osses frcm coyote preda~ion and that he was f3rc2d
to confine his sheep for three months <strong>of</strong> each year because <strong>of</strong>
cayotes. 3y confinenent, h2 zeanc a small pasturn. 3e further
testified tha~ he sold land, )which he had P~cmescsaded in :ne 7 92G1 8,
locaczd approximately 20 ~ilzs eas: af :he rancn in 1974 becaus?
he could not us2 it af+,zr 1972 because <strong>of</strong> pr2da:icn. 41 ~hough he
apparently had daxs on his lamb crop and on toral lzsses, he
subrnittsd no figures on the perc~nt <strong>of</strong> lambs 1osx to coyores 2nd
other predators.
57. Mr. Marion Scott, a third g2n2ration rancher from Campbell County,
Wyoming and a witness for ,AFYF, testified tha~ during the 25
years prior to 1972, sheep and calf losses to coyotes were minimal.
He stated that in 1958, he acquired a small flock <strong>of</strong> sheep (250 ewes)
to supplement the income from his cattle operation. Although his
written testimony is to the effect that they had few problems with
predators until 1974, he sold the last <strong>of</strong> his sheep in 1972,