294 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1020. 



B 1 7406: B 1 7393 



Results <if Rabies Among Coyotes. 



During the first year of the rallies epizootic, over .$500,000 worth of live 

 •dock wen killed l>y infeeteil predatory animals In Nevada alone in one feed 

 lot 27 steers were killed liy a single rabid coyote. Inset picture : Head of 

 coyote found decorated with porcupine (juills — evidence of an unusual en- 

 counter, but illustrating the characteristic blind fury of rabid coyotes. The 

 spread of Ibe disease has been checked by the Biological Survey's cooperative 

 campaigns, 



were destroyed in Large numbers through this extension of 

 the disease, and at least 1,500 persons were bitten by rabid 

 animals. A few cases of rabies were reported in Montana 

 and Wyoming, but prompt action resulted in stamping it 

 out in these localities before it could gain a foothold. The 

 measures employed by the Biological Survey in Nevada 

 were applied in the States mentioned, and with the coopera- 

 tion of the local authorities further spread of the disease was 

 effectually stopped. The measures for the control and 

 eradication of this dread disease are now so well under- 

 stood that the occasional sporadic outbreaks are promptly 

 met and stamped out by detailing specially trained men to 

 each locality. 



The Kill. 



The following typical cases of losses are illustrative of 

 the destructiveness of predatory animals and of the im- 

 portance of operations for their control : In Colorado a 



