The Coyote Lure Operative Device revisited: A fresh look at an old idea

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" The Coyote Lure Operative Device revisited: A fresh look at an old idea "
Berentsen, Are R.; Timm, Robert M.; Schmidt, Robert H.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	944628
Doc. No	:	LA1213x84s
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Berentsen, Are R.; Timm, Robert M.; Schmidt, Robert H.
Title & Author	:	The Coyote Lure Operative Device revisited: A fresh look at an old idea [Article]\ Berentsen, Are R.; Timm, Robert M.; Schmidt, Robert H.
Title of Periodical	:	California Agriculture
Volume/ Issue Number	:	61/1
Date	:	2007
Abstract	:	We field-tested the Coyote Lure Operative Device (CLOD), a bait delivery system for coyotes originally conceived by UC Davis researchers in the 1980s. Our objectives were to determine whether free-ranging coyotes would activate CLODs repeatedly when exposed to them over a 12-month period, and whether CLOD activations varied by season. We placed CLODs in pastures with a history of chronic sheep depredation at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center in Mendocino County. Free-ranging coyotes activated the CLODs repeatedly, but more CLODs were activated during the winter months than at other times of the year. Our study suggests that the CLOD has the potential to become an important tool for managing coyote predation on livestock when used to deliver contraceptive or predacide baits.