The cost of predator damage control using trapping as the primary control technique
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Thompson, Ronald A.
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The justification and economics of the operational animal damage control program in California as conducted by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service are discussed. Emphasis is given to the necessity for use of the steel trap. Nearly 83 percent of the depredators are taken by trapping. Annual agricultural losses due to predation were estimated at