Coyote Bounty Program Planned in One West Virginia County 4/22/2011
The Randolph County Farm Bureau plans to start offering bounties for coyote kills to reduce the animal's population and protect livestock.
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) â€" The Randolph County Farm Bureau plans to start offering bounties for coyote kills to reduce the animal's population and protect livestock.
The Inter-Mountain reports that the County Commission has agreed to provide $2,000 for the bounty program. Farm bureau members will contribute up to $2,000.
Julie Dean with the farm bureau told the commission Tuesday that the bounty's dollar amount hasn't been determined.
Bounties will be awarded only to Randolph County residents for coyotes killed within the county.
Dean says coyotes have caused at least $44,000 in damage to livestock in the past year.