Understanding coyote behavior
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A cunning predator, the coyote been one of the greatest challenges faced bv California sheeD Droducers. esDeciallv continues to evade control efforts since all predaci’des were barhed b i Presidential Executive Order and all registrations of predacides were canceled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1972. Since 1973, research on livestock predation has been conducted by University of California scientists at the Hopland Field Station and at UC Davis, in cooperation with the Western Regional Research Center of the U S . Department of Agriculture, Albany, California. This paper summarizes some of the accomplishments of this program, which has led to several patents. Included are a coyote attractant lure (WU Lure) and a yet unregistered but promising single-bait delivery device, the Coyote Lure Operative Device (CLOD), which uses Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) mixed in a syrup “bait.” This research ended in December 1984. (A complete list of publications resulting from this project can be obtained by writing the senior author.)
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