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problems, pr'Kly'beca'usrof 'I'oca! $ pubfIc 0 ^?- mamma,s P r «ent some 
trapping in the past and probably al1 future*7 '? ns * For th ‘ s reason most 
restricted to box-type live traps trapping on sanctuaries will be 
are destroyed. RaccSoni are ^n’ la^ed^ut r ,ltters > a " d ^unks 
and cats are returned to their owners if u the sanctuar y area. Dogs 
obvious value and their owners are not ilL kn ° Wn ' free if the V are of 
to be free-ranging or feral mongrels. ° f destr °y ed if they are judged 
da te, "^t here^appears 6 to be UttflT-!! 9 efforts ls difficult to assess. To 
by prairie chickens, hatch success^on^n^' ut i lization °f the sanctuaries 
trapping predators. Similarly, there is n? f ^ rV,VaI ? an . be increased by 
removal of approximately 150 covotes lack °u n ° ,nd,ca tion that the 
sizable numbers in previous winters—from W,nt ® r by local hunters—plus 
portions of nearby Richland and Clay counties Jasper c °unty and 
1 n Promoting the welfare of prai r ie^h?^* has ^ ad any "oticeable effect 
sanctuaries. prairie chickens or other wildlife on the 
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