Foul-Smelling Odor Repels Coyotes

Foul-Smelling Odor Repels Coyotes MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pest Animals 24-5-5 Canadian researchers say they're having success repelling coyotes with a foul-smelling concoction called "bone oil" that even hungry coyotes will go out of their way to avoid. Dr. John Martin, who works for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, got the idea when he came across a reference to the oil, which farmers in Britain apparently have used for decades to protect young lambs. He obtained some of the product and has been testing it. He says it works as long as coyotes have something else to eat. It won't work if they're very hungry and there's no other prey nearby. A dab of the oil can be applied to each animal periodically, or a teaspoon of oil can be applied to each fencepost around a pasture. Coyotes won't cross the smelly barrier. Martin is working with Canadian government authorities to bring the oil into North America. At this time it is not available. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dr. John Martin, Veterinary Scientist, OMAFRA, Wellington, 2nd Flr, RR 1, Fergus, Ont. N1M 2W3 Canada (ph 519 846-3420; E-Mail: jmartin@omafra.gov.on.ca) Ontario Farmer

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