In order to deter deer from a protected area, a baited, shock-producing deer repellent device is provided having an improved electrode configuration with the bare wire alternating positive and negative electrodes being substantially semicircular in shape and with the electrodes being variously sized and arranged to form an approximate hemisphere and with the electrodes being substantially parallel and substantially equidistant from each other. This configuration provides an approximately even ch...

An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. One or more wireless sensors are attached to the animal, for example, to measure motion-related parameter associated with one or more parts of the animal. Sensor data is received fro...

A method and an installation for identifying animals and managing data concerning animals so as to control the traceability of the animals and of the data. The installation includes an identifier (1) borne by the animal; a system for reading (2) the identifier; a self-contained system (3) for communicating with the user, processing and storing in a storage unit (7) data concerning at least an animal, a link between the self-contained system (3) and the reading system (2); a centralised database ...

In order to deter pest animals, particularly deer, from a protected area, a portable, wireless, shock producing, animal repelling and training device is provided having two or more bare electrodes and having an electrode separator which maintains the electrodes in close proximity to each other and insulated from each other, while allowing full exposure of the electrodes to the target animal and while greatly reducing the chances that the device will be discharged by the electrodes contacting eac...

An animal communication device is provided which is designed to solicit animal responses based on at least two of the five major senses. The device includes a module having associated therewith a plurality of physically perceivable attributes related to the senses. The animal activates the device by depressing a housing cover which activates a switch. Alternatively, a motion detector is used to detect the presence of the animal. In both instances, a record/playback device is activated so that a ...

An ultraviolet target designator and methodology that utilizes ultraviolet radiation from a laser designator to remotely designate targets for various applications. In one embodiment, the ultraviolet laser designator is used to remotely designate a target for insects to fly to so as to collect environmental information. In another embodiment, the ultraviolet laser operates in the solar blind region to remotely designate a target. When used in conjunction with a solar blind camera, the targeting ...

A method and apparatus for emptying a turkey coop of its cargo. A support structure, moveable along rails, is aligned with the coop. A moveable carriage, supported by the support structure, is moved into the coop and the turkeys are surrounded and contained therein. After the turkeys are contained within the moveable carriage, the moveable carriage is extracted from the coop and the turkeys move onto a conveyor belt that moves them away from the coop.

A rope guide or escort safety lines for small children wherein the children grasp a handle attached to a main rope to prevent the children from straying or getting lost. The guide rope comprises a central main nylon rope with a plurality of intermediate cross ropes with end handles for gripping. The cross-ropes are located at spaced positions on the main rope. A team leader position is located at the forward portion of the main rope and includes an adjustable belt-like element which fastens abou...

In a method of teasing a mare to ovulation, an audio tape recording is made of the voice of a sexually aroused stallion or gelded teaser. The tape is repeatedly played in the vicinity of the mare over a period of several days to stimulate the mare to ovulation.

A device for preventing damage to a garden, flower bed, ornamental tree or the like from wandering animals which comprises a water sprinkler head or heads designed to spray water over the area to be protected and activated by a motion sensor which detects intrusion of an animal into such area. The sudden shock of the water spray will drive off the animal without injury and a preset timer will cut off the spray after a brief interval.