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Show TO ASK HERDERS TO HELP DIES FIGHT Appeal Is to Be Made Through State Board of Sheep Commissioners. An appeal will be made through the state board of sheep commissioners to have every sheep herder in the state begin war on coyotes. Nominally, sheep hearders are supposed to be after coyotes at all times, but most of them, according to A. A. Callister. secretary of th p. board of sheep commissioners, never lift, their hands against the. coyotes coy-otes unless the animals actually attack the flocks. Members of the board, sre anxious lhat sheep herders now bestir themselves them-selves because of the danger from rabid coyotes. Rabies is prevalent among the coyotes in Nevada, the mad animals having caused considerable monetary loss. Mr. Callister ie going to write a letter let-ter to flocJi masters asking them to issue special orders to their sheep herders herd-ers to go after coyotes. He "will suggest sug-gest that in order to obtain results the flockmaster offer nominal bonuses to herders for the animals thev kill. In addition, there is a state bounty on coyotes. inspectors of the sheep commission, the livestock board, the fish and game department, the state health board and the United States biological survey are now giving special attention to the extermination of coyotes, because of the rabies scare. Mr. Ca 1 lister r hopeful that the sheep herders will join wholeheartedly whole-heartedly in the work. No reports of authentic cases of rabies ra-bies among coyotes in Utah have been received as yet by state officials. |