1974 - Predator Control Program Pays Off
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Jan. 4-8, 1974
Bounty payments for wolf and bobcat scalps turned into Fayette County Treasurer Lloyd H. Dippel during 1973 amounted to $1,660, representing 303 wolves and 29 bobcats. The highest bounty for any year since the program began was $3,337 in 1970 for 364 wolves and 81 bobcats when the rate was $7.50 per scalp.
Fayette County closed out 1973 with nine fatalities on its highways and…
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