LOSSES OF SHEEP AND CATTLE TO PREDATORS AND OTHER CAUSES IN IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING IN 2010
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FIGURE 3.32 Although nonpredatory sources of mortality were higher than losses to predators among sheep and cattle, sheep suffered far more losses to predators, especially to coyotes. Wolves were the cause of a higher percentage of predatory losses in cattle than in sheep. (Data from USDA, 2013; National Agricultural Statistics Service, www.nass.usda.gov/)