Show DAY EVENING RANGES SUFFER PREDATORY JORY TOLL JOll Predatory animals arc taking an annual toll tall from livestock ranges amounting to millions and greatly extended operations are necessary In range livestock states if it the problem of or animal control is to be solved according to a survey of ot the year published by Paul G. G Redington Reding- Reding ton on chief of or tho the governments government's bu bureau bureau bureau bu- bu reau of biological survey During the fiscal year just closed In federal state and cooperative co co- operative funds was spent In brIng brIng- predatory ng animals under control In n the thirteen range states Of this amount came from the states and the livestock associations willing to contribute more than moral support to the thew w work rk That the livestock Interests In n the states Infested with predatory predatory predatory preda preda- tory animals and having largo large areas of public domain damaIn and national forest forest for for- est land look to tho the federal government government gov gov- for more adequate and equalized expenditure Is evident from the annual resolutions of livestock livestock live live- stock organizations as all well as correspondence correspondence correspondence cor cor- received from hundreds of ot stockmen says Mr Redington COYOTE PROBLEM The bureau regards the coyote probably the most aggressive of ot the predatory species This animal continues to present the major predatory animal problem on western western western west west- ern sheep and cattle ranges The coyote Is developing an ability to maintain himself in face of advancing advancing ad ad- I civilization and Is becomIng becoming becom- becom Ing ng wary of oC mans man's efforts to bring about his destruction During the last fiscal year Mr Redington reports the total number number number num- num num num- ber of ot coyotes destroyed for which skins or scalps scalps' were actually obtained ob obtaIned obtained ob- ob was In addition he estimates coyotes were de destroyed destroyed destroyed de- de by the widely scattered poison poison poi poi- son son but not recovered The gray graywolf graywolf graywolf wolf has been brought under control control control con con- with only eleven being reported report report- ed during the ye year r. r The toll of red wolves totaled Hunters reported report report- ed killing mountains lions jn in n Arizona ArIzan This brings the total number of mountain lion killed in Arizona In twelve years to 91 BEARS KILLED In the course of ot the of-the the year it was was necessary to kill bears known to be preying upon livestock k T TI The e survey hunters do da not put the bear bearIn bearin bearin in a a. predatory class and give ea each h bruin the benefit of the doubt until It is proved he Is killing livestock During the year bobcats and 40 lynx were taken by byline bythe the government government government govern govern- ment hunters The regions where predatory control control con can work has been pursued most aggressively for a a. period of y years ars report reduced livestock losses Forty-eight Forty stockmen In sixteen counties In Utah report greatly re reduced reduced reduced re- re coyote depredations as a a. result re result result re- re sult of the work wark of survey hunters One county in Oregon reports an increase in sheep of more than per cent due duc entirely to ta the control of coyotes In Texas a a. government hunter ended the reign of a female wolf that within a a. years year's time was charged with the destruction of worth of registered sheep and goats In another region two wolves responsible for 2000 loss in livestock in twelve months as well as a a. female coyote that had caused a a. loss lass of 1200 fell before the hunters |