Show THOUSANDS OF WILD ANIMALS DESTROYED At t Least Saved to Farmers and Stockmen Marked Decrease Decrease In Number of Coyotes Coyotes Coy Coy- otes Followed by C Corresponding Decrease In Loss of Sheep Cattle Cat Cat- tle tie Pigs and Poultry Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture Taking the estimates of farmers and stockmen stock themselves there has been saved sa to them during the past year jear not le less s than from the hunting of predatory wild animals bythe by bythe bythe the United States department of ag- ag S S 4 Half Grown Mountain Lions Snapped In Top of a Yellow Pine Tree ture In co operation co-operation with the stat states s. s The work vork Is done by the bureau of biological survey and su such l the agencies as are designated by various arlous states During the past fiscal year jear about wild animals were killed trader lder the direction of the biological bl bi hi- survey by a force of or between tween and skilled hunters are arc still greater numbers were killed by pOlson poisoning ng though no actual count was made of animals thus de de- ed Extensive poisoning operations were conducted In the great sheep sheep growing sections of Arizona Colorado Nevada New Mexico Utah and Wyoming I This was followed by a marked decrease de- de decrease decrease de de- crease In the he number of coyotes particularly par par- with a n corresponding decrease decrease de de- de crease In the losses los of sheep cattle cittie pigs colts and poultry Stockmen say siy that on many Important ranges and lambing grounds the former heavy annual losses have become negligible or have been entirely eliminated Asan As Asan an nn Illustration there is an nn area about 75 miles in diameter In western Colorado Col Col- Colorado Col orado where sheep owners formerly reported an average loss of about 25 sheep a n day throughout the season Poisoning operations have been conducted conducted con con- ducted through two successive seasons sea sea- sons Destruction of predatory animals animals ani ani- mals has been so thoro thorough gh that sheep now range freely sometimes unattended unattended unattended tended for several days In suc succession without loss Losses throughout t the area are nominal |