Show Utah Farmer Tells Hearing of Sheep And Lamb Losses Testifying before a federal predator control hearing Monday in Casper Cuper Wyoming a Utah farmer warned that continued losses tosses of sheep and lambs will result in sharp upward trends in consumer consumer con con- consumer sumer costs for Cor both wool and lamb RAY THEURER of Providence chairman chairman chair chair- man of oC the Utah Farm Bureau natural resources committee represents the member families of oC Utah's largest lar gest farm organization at the hearing Passage of revised federal legislation legisla lion tion on predator control hangs hanns In the balance until a series of federal hearIngs hearings hear hear- ings is completed and evaluated LAMB LOSSES to predators have ha built up from C G percent in 1967 to 10 percent in almost 1972 double the earlier ear car lier figure U U. S S. S Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agri culture research shows Before 1967 1007 chemical toxicants were used to control coyotes and other predators In 1967 their use began to be restricted With a presidential order banning toxIcants toxicants tox tox- tox going into effect January 1 I 1972 the lamb loss figure jumped 2 percent in the next 12 months EVEN AT the 1967 1007 figure direct financial fin fin- ancial loss to our totaled over overa a million dollars a year Theurer tes tes- Add control costs and the lack of that money moving in the Utah economy economy ec ec- onomy and the loss reaches more than 5 million The northern Utah farmer stated the Utah Farm Bureau policy calls callS' for modified modified mod mod- use of toxicants where their use is the wisest and best control con method REFUTING THE claims of environmentalists environmentalists environ environ- mentalists who oppose chemical predator control Theurer asserted that our abundant abundant abundant dant food supply is only possible because because be be- cause we have learned to control and improve the natural environment |