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An Economic Analysis Of The Predator Problem In The Range-Sheep Industry In Utah, David Murray Curle
An Economic Analysis Of The Predator Problem In The Range-Sheep Industry In Utah, David Murray Curle
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The economic effects, to the Utah range-sheep operation and to the economy of the state of Utah, of predation upon sheep were studied by use of a personal interview survey. This survey sampled 20 percent of the range-sheep operations in Utah.
The sheep and lamb death loss from predation was found to be 61.0 sheep and lambs per 1,000 head of ewes in fiscal 1969. The survey. also showed that 71.36 percent of the losses were lambs and 28.64 percent were ewes.
The total economic loss to Utah sheep ranchers was calculated to be 1,062,502 dollars as a result of …