Number of Coyotes Killed & Methods Used
By USDA'S Wildlife Services In Fiscal Year 2004

	Trapping					Shooting				Poisoning			Other		Total
	Cage	Kill	Leghold	Leg Snare	Neck Snare	Aerial Gunning	Spot	Call	Shot	M-44	LPC	Other	Denning	Other
Alaska			1												1
Alabama				1					3						4
Arizona			328		38	314	5	60	100	16					861
California	4		101	260	1,201	609	257	1,340	1,952	10		325	288		6,347
Colorado			169		119	1,915		236	52	13		172	29		2,705
Florida			31		12		2	3	2						50
Georgia		1	22		1		5		1						30
Idaho			322		134	4,007		485	138	133		100	57		5,376
Indiana									3						3
Kentucky			1	21					6			10			38
Louisiana			16		125				14						155
Maine			4												4
Massachusetts									11						11
Michigan			72		33										105
Minnesota			51		2										53
Mississippi			16		1				2						19
Montana			169		534	7,634		549	68	435		274	88		9,751
Nevada			750		254	4,020		252	224	58		130	40		5,728
New Jersey					2										2
New Mexico			849		630	2,007		714	210	974	3		1		5,388
North Dakota			153		217	1,067		274	30	549		26	18		2,334
Ohio			1		1				3		1				6
Oklahoma			378		491	1,126	4	847	284	1,979	1	2	12		5,123
Oregon			889		784	1,490		171	181	114		79	103		3,811
Pennsylvania							3		8						11
Tennessee			1		9				1						11
Texas	2		1,263		6,607	2,516	6	781	390	5,056	27	38	26		16,702
Utah			365		185	2,264		397	59	481		48	98		3,897
Virginia	1		46		107		1		1	253		1			410
Washington			19		117	1		2	14						153
West Virginia			29		44					181	14				268
Wisconsin			27						6			7			40
Wyoming	1		409		329	3,322		451	223	378		527	618		6,258
Total	8	1	6,486	260	11,883	32,408	285	6,562	3,998	10,630	45	1,740	1,378		75,674
Spot = Using spot lights to locate and shoot an animal Call = Using predator calls to lure into range and shoot an animal LPC = Livestock Protection Collar using Compound 1080/Sodium Fluoroacetate										Intentional = Targeted species Unintentional = Not specifically targeted but deemed a threat to agriculture Non-target = Not intended to be taken and not considered a threat

Note: Statistics obtained from USDA's Wildlife Services' Annual Tables: "Number of Animals Killed and Methods Used by the WS Program, FY 2004" (www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/tables/TABLE 10Killed, FY 2004.pdf)