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

d2ur;ht~r had a szall fl3ck :1Z ewes) <strong>of</strong> ~iir.hr.-d jh.25 and that jhe
was forced to sell in 1976 b~caus2 <strong>of</strong> 10ssei to ?redators, mos~1y
coyotes.
58. ,Vr. Jw Nuckoll s , a sheep and cattle rancher from Hulett, !liyomi ng and
a witness for ,AFBF, testified thai in he :en jars ?risr tc i98: bij
loss2s had Seen li ewes and sli~hzly ever a tnousand he2d <strong>of</strong> ?mbs
to coyotzs. He asserted that a thcusand head <strong>of</strong> 73x5s amounted cs
the lamb crop for one year. Se f3rther tsszified That he iost l i 1
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lambs ra coyotes in 1981. His heaviest losses ajpear -3 nave been
in 1977, when he 1 s st 164 or 16 Fercenx 3: hi i lambs ts czyo~~s.
fiowever, in ccmparing figures <strong>of</strong> lamb and shee? 1cs;es icczrr:c
during the period 1972 co and including 1376 as lis~ed in an affidav:;
executed by t4r. >luckolls ii: cannection with zn applicatjon for ;;he
placement <strong>of</strong> a 1080 bait station on his property, ii apcears tnar.
his lamb lasses averaged about 4 percon: during the years ~encicnea
and that he lost only five aduli sheep to coyotes during :ha:
period.
59. Hr. Don Meike, a sheep and cattle rancher from Kaycee, Uyoming,
currently Chainan <strong>of</strong> the aoard <strong>of</strong> the National Woolgrowrs Associatlcrn
and a witness for Wyoming, et a1 . , testified tnat recurring kills
<strong>of</strong> sheep and lambs were common on his ranch in the 1930's and
1940's. He stated that when toxicants were introduced in the
predator control program in the 1950's and 19601s, losses to predators
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