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October 1, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1587249.php/Frequent-false-alarms-drop-Israeli-soldiers-right-in-it

Israeli Innovation Fights False Alarms at Northern Border

(DPA) Soldiers from a reserve unit currently on Israel's heavily-guarded border with Syria have found a novel solution to having their few hours' sleep each night disturbed by wild boars bumping into the border fence and setting off the alarm system, Yediot Ahronot reported Monday. With help from the Safari Park outside Tel Aviv, which supplies the product for free, the military engineers deposited loads of lion droppings alongside the fence, the smell of which apparently frightens the boars and deters them from approaching the fence.

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