. Animal Damage Control Program highlights, 1995. Animal Damage Control Program (U. S. ); Wildlife pests; Agricultural pests. • A sheep producer in Idaho contacted ADC after losing 40 lambs to coyotes during the spring. Despite having a herder and three guarding dogs, the coyotes still killed the lambs. ADC specialists used a combination of control methods including traps, calling and shooting, and aerial hunting and removed six coyotes from the area to stop the losses. • A rancher from Mendocino, CA, requested ADC assistance after reporting that a mountain lion had killed all of his livestock
. Animal Damage Control Program highlights, 1995. Animal Damage Control Program (U. S. ); Wildlife pests; Agricultural pests. • A sheep producer in Idaho contacted ADC after losing 40 lambs to coyotes during the spring. Despite having a herder and three guarding dogs, the coyotes still killed the lambs. ADC specialists used a combination of control methods including traps, calling and shooting, and aerial hunting and removed six coyotes from the area to stop the losses. • A rancher from Mendocino, CA, requested ADC assistance after reporting that a mountain lion had killed all of his livestock. The ADC specialists responding to the request confirmed that a lion had killed 11 goats and 2 llamas. The specialist captured a 150-pound male lion at the site, and no further predation has been reported. • A commercial baitfish producer in Paragould, AR, estimated that lesser scaups caused approximately $500,000 in losses to his aquaculture business the previous winter. This waterfowl species had never been present in such large numbers or caused extensive losses in the past. ADC prepared a damage management plan emphasizing harassment to be implemented during the winter months before the birds become habituated to feeding on commercial fish stocks. • Blackbirds caused more than $50,000 in damage to rice crops in Matagorda and Brazoria counties in Texas in early 1995. Both locations that received damage were adjacent to large roosting and staging areas used by the birds. ADC specialists, in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Beaumont, used the avian toxicant DRC-1339 to remove many of the blackbirds and reduce the incidence of further damage in the area. • An ADC specialist in Solano County, CA, received a request for assistance from a local resident to help with a problem caused by beavers. The rodents had cut down nine mature pear trees valued at over $20,000. The specialist removed four beavers from the area, and no further damage to t
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