We use a clock radio on a timer tuned to talk radio all night to scare coyotes away from our alpaca herd. Although we live close to the village, it still is Maine and out back there is a lot of cover for coyotes. A few summers ago we started to hear the coyotes howling almost every night. We got very concerned about how close they were getting. We asked a game warden that we knew, for suggestions&he said, try a radio. We went straight to Radio Shack and purchased a clock radio for $29.00. We put in inside an old plastic cooler tipped on its side on the ground. The vibrations went to the ground and echoed inside the cooler. It wasn't loud&the sound of a normal human voice. But coyotes have very acute hearing. The problem is, that the only talk radio all night long is Rauch Limbaugh&so all of our alpacas turned out pro-Bush. Good news is we haven't heard the coyotes howling since we started with the radio.

Terence Callery
Village Farm Alpacas

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