Patent ID: 7028639
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method of using a plurality of domestic ungulates to precondition a foraging area to enhance the attractiveness of the foraging area to a plurality of wild ungulates, the method comprising: selecting the foraging area to be preconditioned; selecting a target period during which the plurality of wild ungulates is to use the foraging area once it has been preconditioned; selecting a preconditioning period during which the plurality of domesticated ungulates precondition the foraging area for use by the wild ungulates during the target period; and preconditioning the foraging area by providing at least one highly-palatable, portable, self-limiting, animal feed supplement in the foraging area to attract the plurality of domesticated ungulates to the foraging area and to increase a length of stay of the plurality of domesticated ungulates in the foraging area, wherein the domesticated ungulates are attracted to the foraging area by the supplement.