Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-13 | Page 8 | War to Open on Wild Animals

WAR 10 OPEN ON oF WilD ANIMAlS Poison Bait Stations to Be Established to Eradicate Eradicate cate Pred Predatory tory Beasts One of ot the most intensive nt e poison polson camp campaigns ag against predatory predatory ani mals mais over ever ver conducted In Utah will be started during the next few days by the state department of ot agrIculture agriculture agriculture ture and the United States biological cal survey under the direction of ot George Holman predatory animal animal animal ani ani- mal Inspector Ev ry section of the the winter range In western and ad eastern Utah will b to be covered by the hunters who will establish poison polson bait stations near all of the watering holes The hunters working in jn the western part pirt of the state will use small cars carsIn carsIn carsin In carrying out their work while those working on the eastern ranges langes will work with p pack ck outfits On the thc des desert rt ranges wild horses will be used for bait while old sheep cows and horses will be used in the eastern castern section Each of ot the animals will be studded with poison baits while thousands of ot capsules containing poison polson rolled Into tallow balls will willbe willbe be distributed In the vicinity of ot the i stations This work will continue until late September so that the winter ranges rang will be free of predatory animals when the sheep and cattle return In the fall During the latter part art of ot next month the hunters will re return return return re- re turn to check on the results and destroy destroy destroy de de- stroy the bait stations Mr Holman will direct the work worl on the western ranges while Ed assistant ton predatory animal animal animal ani ani- mal Inspector will take charge of the work in eastern eastern- and central Utah Thirty men will be used In the work in the various sections and It is expected that t nearly neaily baits will b be dl distributed ut d