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

in 7 381 . 3ecausz hs did no: have rxcrss <strong>of</strong> 1 ams born or sockzd,
on the open range. He statxi that they converxed to a pirtial
shed lambing pera at ion in 1980, wherein approxirnat~!ly 50 perc~nt <strong>of</strong>
the ewes were shed lambed. He further stared that in 1281 extre~ely
high coyore losses ner ini~rrec! \,then one ionch old shed laabs &Here
turned onto the summer range. In one nonth coyoc2s ki!i?d 79 <strong>of</strong> 590
lambs. He tsstified chat predator losscs der9 due ro zoyo~2s excep:
for an occasional 5e3r. A? though hi: writtzn szatsneni is t~ the
effect that; they have not suffer2d any i asses rso 2agi es 'in 15 years,
heb testified cha-;. i n 1982 tc the date <strong>of</strong> the hearing 1C6 lambs wer?
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iillzd by e3g1ss and 73 by coyot2s. :na cnly ;os; recgrds zaintained
by I;?. Pzpoulas are losses co predac3r;. kie 3ttrlbuced the Icw lcss?s
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