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Show i I ruMfe" ? ut The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, June 17, " 1 The ' Coyote: To Hr A t x i ! Morris (left), &cott and Lewis, all members of the Cook family, ranchers near Fountain Green, 8 sheep production for several years. Bourret says These improved practices, hew ever, have been more than offset by increased predator losses." Bui ley, Idaho. Hes president of the Idaho Citizens Grazing Assn and the Idaho Wool Grow ers Assn The Montana Livestock De69 percent of the sheep growers in Mo19 ntanas g largest counties have gone out of business in the last 12 One purebred sheep raider in w estern Idaho reported losing 40 percent of his lambs to coyotes, savs Rich, who gets disgusted when environmentalists argue that sheep raisers should accept a certain percentage of loss to coyotes for the pm ilege of grazing on public lands He said No Loss Acceptable partment reports But Dr. Lee V. Talbot, of the federal Council on Environmental Quality, told a U.S. Senate subcommittee recently to he supports legislation write into the law the admin- istrations orders on poison bans Emotional stock losses inaccuracy of gram are an Talbot said. reports of liveblamed on the the control proannual event. In this case, the available data do roi support any increased predation on cattle e during 1972. Indeed, they a decrease In the eyes of some, graz mdi-cat- .... i. & . .31 .a i. ALL WORKING PARTS GUARANTEED LIKE NEW $191 Our $439.95 Electric Range double oven with porcelain chip CUT Built-i- n $Q 40 $151 Sears $379.99 Gas Range Brand n double oven $33 Our Regular 49.99 Exercise 6 only. Out of Box, Gym Set. Our $179.99 Refrigerator ft. apartment size. Dented $40 CUT $66 Regular $244.99 Washer Portable avocado. 3 cycles. Dented CUT in $ 1 I 7Q O $86 Our $354.99 Deluxe Washer Lady Our Best! Slight dent Kenmore CUT $261 Sears $549.98 Sofa Set Spanish velvet sofa and love seat. 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It's going to get bad in a year or two when they grow up I ites Population David R Waldron, head of the Utah Division of Animal Alta, Utah Enjoy dinner tonight in a setting of unequaled beauty Sunday Brunch 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m Only 40 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City, RUSTLER LODGE ofers gourmet dining and is ideal for bridal breakfasts, sales meetings and civic group luncheons RUSTLER LODGE looks forward to seeing you . again RUSTLER LODGE Telephone 4 i Alta i i Reservations please Closed Monouys m The predator problem is a tough one, say s one Montana official. We've had more complaints than we've ever had before. Sears CUT who Tough Problem Offsets Improvements Sheep ranchers have made to increase efforts manv Built-i- - Most sheepmen have formed groups to hire bounty hunters and bring in government agents to trap coyotes or shoot them from helicopters Most say the helieooter hunting has paid off. , Skim are bringing up to $2(1 or more, he said, for use as coat collar and parka tnm The department says the sheepmen who have called it quits reported predator problems as the major reason for their decisions Pnces. lack of help, weather and disease w ere among the other leading reasons, officials say tattle new, just discontinued. can- trapping, years Larry Bourret. assistant to the Wyoming agncultuie commissioner. says many sheepmen are moving into cattle operations to moie profitably utilize their land investments nt Talbot told Congress he producers and sheep-producin- The only acceptable loss is the least loss that an owner can get away with You don't ask a banker to give a certain amount away, and you dont ask a storeowner to accept shoplifting, so you can't ask a sheepman to give a certain percentage of his sheep to coyotes One of Wyomings largest sheep ranchers. Van Irvine of Casper, has announced he is bemg forced out of business. We have been suffering and intolerable increasing losses to coyotes." Irvine said He is converting his opeiation 8.6-c- u. ev ery sheepman comments on the piob-leand many government officials say coyote populations aie increasing, not only because of the poison ban bin because cf an unexplainable qunk of nature. Litters of pups seem to be increasing 'l not understand the views of some livestock producers because the use of poisons has not against predators proven effective m providing protection for these livestock W hat are sheepmen doing to control coyotes m view of the poison ban Shooting mostly. 9 Coyotes Increasing Sanpete County, inspect a dead sheep tht prey to the ranchers main nemesis, the ing on public land had come to represent a right in earlier v days. at tlvse days are gone We now recognize grazing as a privilege, as is any ether use by the public of public lands Industry, says he also believe coyote papula urns are up T saw one stuav which showed there is an average of one coyote on every square nvle he said of the state of Utah Ltah has some 85,000 square miles 1 irtually t Continued From Page CUT - A Poison? CUT . I ' f To : t V of the Roosevelt Sale Barn, says sheep sales are down considerably What you have to pay your bills m the fall, when the mortgage payment conies due, youve got to pay whether the coyotes are there or not, The says sheepman Pent coyotes have just been eating our share of the money Weve been getting enough just to get by and pay the bills And its going to get worse " A Poison Or Not to area are as high as percenf of their flocks, an intolerable margin Roy Todd, proprietor 10 1973 Sears Outlet Store 175 West 1 3(ti South Shop hmin. thru 5a 9 30 a m to 6 p pi. Closed Sunday . 1 |