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california condor Ebenmcmillan 28 april 1964
at a cost of some $180000, with human tight
fences, as a means of getting away from this
Same sort of problem there. Miller is quite certain
that all living creatures that remain in the
area, that are large enough for a target, are
Shot on sight by this mob of Shooters, most of
Whom, he thinks, Come from the Los Angeles area.
He said his Children used to raise pet Ravers
that they would bring up from infancy after
having found them in Nests in the trees near the
Aqueduct Station. This is no longer done for as soon
as the young Raver commence to fly they venture
Away from the yard and are Shot.
Mr. Miller also has Edens on the matter of Coyote
Control. At present, he said, there are signs scattered
through his area, stating that traps and Poison
bait Stations are set for Predator Control of
Coyotes. He thinks the Coyote is Nearly Non-
existent in the desert Portions of Kern
County due to this incessant Campaign.
He said that the farmers in Antelope Valley,
along the edge of the desert, suffer great loss
each year to Jackrabbits while at the same time
this program to eradicate their Predators is in
force.
I camped for the night in Cottenwood creek,
about two miles above the Aqueduct Station. A