Researchers at the University of Queensland, in Australia said they had successfully tested a goat repellant made from tiger dung, warding off wild goats for at least three days.
Murray said the repellant, made of fatty acids and sulphurous compounds extracted from tiger excrement, also worked on feral pigs, kangaroos and rabbits and might deter deer, horses and cattle too.
'Goats wouldn't have seen a tiger from an evolutionary point of view for at least 15 generations, but they recognize the smell of the predator,' repellent creator Peter Murray said in a statement. 'If we can show this lasts weeks ... we've just tapped into probably a billion-dollar market. It's enormous.'
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