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Show I iVlost Most DestructivePredatorsinl939Are De Destructive DestructivePredatorsin : ; uctiv - Predators Predatorsin in 1939 1939iAre 1939Are iAre Are the Coyotes CoyotesWASHINOTON CoyotesWASHINGTON WASHINOTON WASHINGTON The bureau otbloloilcal of ofbiological ofbiological biological survey 1UI"vey 1UIvey , " recognized gnl.zed gnlzed re-ognized re ognized re < : > - . coyotes coyo coyot coyotes t tes . . today BA as holdlni holdIng first fl.rst flrst . placemonfi pla.oe plaoe place pla.oem0nK placentong . m0nK ntong ; predatora prt"dators prtdators predators " of economic IJn ins IJnportance insportance 1mporlance portance durliit during the time year 1939 1939Montana 1939Montana 1939Montana Montana and NeN Ne-sr Ne sr Ne - < r Mexico the theb theb theb b ireau Irl"llU IrlllU " explalntil explalm explaind ( 1 ' < In Its annual re rert reI rep ' I ) rt t for the fI flcal fi'cal fical * < ' cal ) iear sear ear endinc ending last lastI lastJune lastJune lastlune I June 30 were two of five states statesthat statesthat ta.fces.that tafces.that tafcesthat . . that Increased Incrt"ased Incrtased " th t.h . Ir l.r lr tr . coopei-atlvef coopei atlvef coopelatlveI cooperativeq coopel-atlve coopel atlve cooperative - - I f q t I d ( ds Ic " for ( ' control 'ontrol ontrol work ork directed by bytilt bythe bytlie tilt the " burt"au'I bureauMost bureau burt"au burtau bureauMost " ' Mo Most t ' statps 'Itatp'l Itatpl states ' ' simply 'lImply lImply maIntaIned maIntaIned1I11"Ir maintainedtheir maintainedtlipir 'I I 'IMo 1I11"Ir 1I11Ir their " contmibutiuts contilbuti contllbutl iiis ms though Arizona ArizonaOl't"g ArizonaOregi ArizonaOi- ArizonaOi ArizonaOin Ol't"g Oltg Oregi ' " - > ( < ( n and Utah also al'lo allo ' Increasffi increased Increasffitllf increasedtlit IncreasedUK tllf tlit lr Ir fund'lDf"crt"I1 funds fund'l fundl fundsl ' l [ Df"crt"I1 DfcrtI1 . ) > ecre ecreased " " sed , > " , d aitlvities .tlvltlp'I .tlvltlpI tlvltlpI ativities a < . ' of privateti privatetl privateIi private tl Ii ipi ill ) i luc lue tue to a . depressed dl"prt'l'lt"d dlprtlltd " " ' ' " mark marh mari mar h i t ( f ! r prits 1)f"IL 1fIL PPlt-.s PPlt.s PPlt .s s ) " - . < ; contributed to ani an I pw w ir tr 1 I tiei tl tm t"1 t1 em " d In coyote popul populi populm itiontl m tlon tion tlont tionIi t Ii 1 1 I 11 II mmmii t < a i disclosed dl'IClosed dlIClosed disclosedII disclosedI ' II 11 I I In itt a 111'1 1111 als Is ' were described rle'l'rI rlelrI ' ( ' d a.si asi a as ast . < ; I t i ( nstai nstal natam t mer 1I1t"1 1I1t1 met " ace a'e ae ( ' to the tht " sheep shf"p shfp shf"pI sheepI " ! " 1 I piltn r p ) litn mltr5 ii it dustrles dU'Itrll's dUItrlls dustries ' ' In the west-r west r WP'l WPl wes WP'ltr wester ' t-r t r ter * . - - tnles tttes t'l tl ' tI'I tII ' ' and anti their depredati depredaIi depreda predll predllt t Ii 1 is I oS .5 5 . liave have hll VI ' beci bf"1'1 bf11 beet " ' more morf ' widespread wldl'spread wldlspread widespreadd wldl'spreadd ' d (1 1 ( li II it tl tI tII tie e I ' atKreiate aggregatl aggregate " more severetl evere severe everet severeti ' > t ti ! tiit n it " th 1I\- 1I thse 1Iof \ > ) se ' - of all other predators prl"dators prldators predatorsOi prl"datorsOr predatorsOr " Oi Or a ranch In Montrose Montro'll Montroll ' " co en , intyC Inty I C ( olo 010 the b ireau lreau learned 40 lamt lamt.were lambs lambswere ' I \ t'rl trl ' " killed kllled In two weeks by a single singleI ' I ( rippled coyote coyott " on a ranch singleI In Ini I I thwefitem tthwestern i 1 thwt " > . < ; tenl Colorado 60 O sheep sheepWl"re sheepwere sheepwere Wl"re Wlre were " k-Uled k Uled kU1ed killed - in 20 days a hunterobsened hunterobsersed hunter observed obsened obsersed the killing kinin of six deer dl"er dler " and and23 23 . sage .age age chickens In Jackson COW1 comm commis count\ count countOolo 1\ 1 is 10010 \ Cob Oolo 0010 and a Natrona county countyWomlng countyWoming countyWyoming Womlng Woming } sheepman aheepman heepm n estimated hL his hisloss hisloss ' ! Io\ Io los-s los s Iofrom . ' \ . - < ; from coyotes at $1000 1000 $1 1 $ 000 per band bandIn bandin bandIn In " eac'h each f"aCn faCn eath ' yettr year yettrIn yearIn year yearIn In reference to other pn"dators pndators predators pn"datorsthf predatorstime preda-torsthe preda torsthe " - thf time " bureau reported that herders herderson on the Ba.ttle Battle . mountain division divisionof divisionof of the Medicine Bok national fore for fort'It foreat t'It tIt eat " . > st ' In Wyoming reported 30 lambson lambs lambson lambsOtt on Ott one bed ground killed by beaj-s beaj s bears beajsII bearsII bearsit - II it one nlyht night |