Government efforts to kill livestock predators
Saturday, June 17, 2000 | 8:50 a.m.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Figures compiled by Predator Conservation Alliance of Bozeman, Mont., based on budget figures and kill counts provided by U.S. Agriculture Department's Animal Services and Bureau of Land Management:
PREDATOR KILL:
USDA Wildlife Services predator kill figures nationally for fiscal year 1998 (from Oct. 1, 1997 through Sept. 30, 1998):
77,997 coyotes (26,065 by aerial gunning)
6,809 fox
2,250 bobcats
580 badgers
380 bears
338 mountain lions
88,354 total
COYOTES:
Number of coyotes killed in Western states under the program in FY 1998:
Texas, 16,223
California, 8,390
Montana, 8,458
New Mexico, 6,213
Wyoming, 6,146
Oklahoma, 4,545
Utah, 4,169
Nevada, 4,014
Colorado, 3,088
Nebraska, 2,613
North Dakota, 1,792
Arizona, 940
Washington, 838
South Dakota, 22
Kansas, 1
FEDERAL SPENDING:
Current year's federal appropriation: $31.7 million
President Clinton's proposal for next year: $28.8 million
Level approved by House Appropriations subcommittee on agriculture for next year: $35.5 million.
STATES MOST ACTIVE:
States where the USDA Animal Services spent the most of the $9.5 million in federal money on livestock protection from Oct. 1 1997 through Sept. 20 1998:
Texas, $1.5 million; New Mexico, $1.1 million; California, $929,000; Montana, $906,000; Wyoming, $882,000; Idaho, $824,000; Nevada, $681,000; Colorado, $670,000; Utah, $479,063; Oregon, $398,00.
NEVADA:
In Nevada, from Oct. 1 1998 to Sept. 30 1999, USDA Animal Services killed 2,179 coyotes, 110 ravens, 12 mountain lions and three bobcats. Of the coyotes, 866 were shot from aircraft and 675 caught in leg traps.
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