Private costs of predator control in New Mexico in 1983
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Littauer, Gary A.; White, Ronald J.; Hall, David Carroll
A survey was conducted by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture in early 1984 to determine costs incurred by livestock producers to control predation on livestock during 1983. Out of a sample of 1,848 producers who were sent questionnaires, 706 (38%) usable responses were returned. The respondents reported having about 30% of the peak number of sheep and lambs and 19% of the peak number of range beef cattle and calves, respectively, estimated to have been in New Mexico in 1983. Total cost reported by 306 respondents who had costs, not including donations to the New Mexico cooperative Animal Damage Control program, was about
1986
Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
12
Littauer, Gary A.; White, Ronald J.; Hall, David Carroll