PURPOSE: To obtain an animal repellent composition and an animal repelling product exhibiting stable animal repelling effect over a long period and enabling the regeneration of the animal repelling effect after the lowering of the effect, thereby reducing the economic load and enabling the use over a long period.

CONSTITUTION: This method for inhibiting the intrusion of an animal into a prescribed position comprises the placement of a continuous or sustained-release animal repelling product to the surrounding area of the position for inhibiting the intrusion of animal or at an intrusion path of the animal to the position or its surround. This continuous or sustained release animal repellent composition is composed essentially of an animal repellent 14 and a water-absorbing polymeric compound 12.