Number of Predators Killed & Methods Used
By USDA'S Wildlife Services In Fiscal Year 2003

	Trapping					Shooting				Poisoning			Other		Selectivity			Total
	Cage	Kill	Leghold	Leg Snare	Neck Snare	Aerial Gunning	Spot	Call	Shot	M-44	LPC	Other	Denning	Other	Inten- tional	Un-Inten- tional	Non- Target
Badgers	5	4	238	0	195	0	3	0	44	4	0	0	0	1	286	12	196	494
Bears	109	0	4	149	6	2	0	2	24	1	0	0	0	32	321	6	2	329
Bobcats	88	4	1,304	2	565	290	6	104	49	1	0	0	0	90	2,454	7	42	2,503
Coyotes	10	4	6,691	237	12,927	28,255	210	6,871	3,652	13,275	35	180	1,691	1,686	75,714	6	4	75,724
Foxes	190	51	1,611	6	968	128	85	190	258	1,064	0	95	108	9	4,106	186	471	4,763
Cougars	19	0	96	37	58	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	243	454	6	2	462
Wolves	0	0	122	2	20	34	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	184	2	1	187
Total	421	63	10,066	433	14,739	28,709	305	7,167	4,043	14,346	35	275	1,799	2,061	83,519	225	718	84,462
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 2003" (www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/tables/03table10t.pdf)