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Old 07-17-2012, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by marianne237 View Post
As stated earlier, spray your garbage bags with ammonia. It may not always work, but hopefully will stop some critter from tearing up the bags. We had either coyotes or wild cats tearing into our bags until we saw this hint on TV and by golly, it worked. No more problems with cleaning up garbage messes.
We have never had any problems with critters ripping into our trash that I know about anyway. I am usually out to pick up the newspaper an hour before the garbage collectors arrive but not always if they are earlier than 7 a.m.

Think it depends on how close you are to a wilderness area.