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A summary of the 15 recommendations made by a federal advisory committee on predator control. Part two in a series on predator control. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/4.14/download-entire-issue

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Predator control – the Cain Report

by Verne Huser, High Country News
July 7, 1972

					<h1>Predator control – the Cain Report</h1>
<p class="byline">by Verne Huser, High Country News <br />July 7, 1972</p>
					
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