Show coyotes Growing Menacer Menace r ? Coyotes are a growing growmg MenaceI men menIIIce menace menpee I IIIce ace to western ranchers accord accordmg according according mg ing to a government govLrnment report reportwhich reportwhich which sass says sa s that only about reportI one onethird onethird onethird I third as many coyotes are bemg being bemgdestroyed beingdestroyed beingdestroyed destroyed each y sear ear as were wereformerly wereformerly wereformerly formerly while the total num number number number ber of the animals ammals is rapidly m in mcreasmg increasing increasing increasingR creasmg creasing creasmgR creasingR R Scott Zimmerman Zunmerman of the thefederal thefederal thefederal federal fish and wildlife servicesays service | says only 6000 coyotes serviceI were weretrapped weretrapped weretrapped I trapped in ill Utah the last fiscal fiscalyear fiscalyear fiscalyear year This is one third tlurd less than thanthe thanEhe thanihe the Ehe previous sear year ear and only onl ibout bout half what it was when the thePA theIWPA theWPA rout IWPA PA was employing employmg trappersA trappersshortage trappersshortage trappers ' ' the themam themain thenain ' A shortage of trappers is mam main reason Zimmerman offers offersor or the lower haul for the beasts beastsre beastsire re more prevalent than ever evere everBie e trappers also took over 700 700obcats 700obeats 700lobcats obcats obeats almost 50 coug9rs cougrs cougars ! and andeven andeven andeven even predatory bear Their Theirraps Theirraps Theirraps raps also caught large numbersof numbers of > game animals ammals and cattle unortunately un unfortunately unfortunately fortunately ortunately |