|
Method
|
Number
of Animals |
| DRC-1339 (starlicide,
a poison)DRC-1339 (starlicide, a poison) |
2,922 |
| M44's (a device
which when triggered, releases sodium cyanide into the mouth of an animal) |
2,550 |
| Aerial Hunting
(shooting animals from an airplane or helicopter) |
2,023 |
| Steel-Jaw Leghold
Traps (barbaric traps in which animals die of exposure, starvation, etc.) |
1,064 |
| Call Shooting
(using animal calls to lure animals, and then shooting them) |
1,038 |
| Neck Snares
(wire loops strategically set to tighten around an animal's body) |
748 |
| Shooting |
375 |
| Cage Traps |
194 |
| Kill Traps |
47 |
| Non-Chemical
Other |
32 |
| Denning (burning,
smoking, or dragging out from their dens and then clubbing to death coyote pups) |
3 |
| Livestock Protection
Collars (LPC's) (contain the highly toxic Compound 1080 chemical) |
2 |
|
Leg/Foot
Snares (wire loops set to catch animals)
|
2
|
| TOTAL
|
11,065 animals |
| *Statistics
taken from data provided by New Mexico ADC, 1999 |
|
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