Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-18 | Page 3 | 3774 Animals Killed in Year

3774 ANIMALS KILLED IN YEAR I Costs State and Government $18.76 for Each Predatory Preda-tory Beast SALT LAKE. Julv 18. A total of 8774 predHtory animals were killed In Ltah during the year ending June 30. in the cooperative eampalgn nf the state and tho United States department de-partment of agriculture, according to a report of Georgo E. Holman. pre-datory pre-datory animal Inspector for the state Mr. Holman'a report credits 1S6S of the animals to the federal hunters, Including 11 mountain lion and one wolf. The federal cost would aver-1 age J1S.T.9 the animal The stale1 hunters are credited with 1806 animals, ani-mals, which would make the average cost i 1 1 7 6 the animal i The nredatorv animals taken werej in arleties as follows. Bear. 4; bob- cat, 364. coyotes. 3394 ; lion. II; wolves, 1. In addition to these pc - j datorv wild animals, the hunters reported re-ported also that 431 badger, 33 skunk. 1 raccoon. 1 civet cat, and 615 porcupine taken ; This total la made up of 2887 actually ac-tually taken by hunters. 59S which were poisoned, as it Is believed, the bodies or traces of the bodies being found, but no part saved; and 289 1 unborn predatory animals. The eznenae Incurred was -259. 03. or an average of ?ii ..n each predatory nnlmal definitely reported re-ported killed The federal root ,-menl ,-menl bore 886.698.16 of the expense, of which $23,556.64 was Dald oul In hunters' salaries the remainder be- I ing In the salaries and expenses of Mr Holman. iwo assistant inspertors 1 and a clerk, or In miscellaneous and contingent expenses. of the state contribution of t . G ,660.67. a much higher proportion, or t'-- 100 7o In all, went in the nnvment of the actual hunters' salaries.