The resident owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep, or the resident owners of at least fifty-one percent of the cattle, or the resident owners of at least fifty-one percent of both sheep and cattle acting jointly, in any county, as shown by the last county livestock census as provided for in § 40-37-1.1, may petition the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to designate the county as a predator control district.
SDCL 40-37-1