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Friday, October 18, 2024

Forest Service Won't Blow Up Dead Horses Due To Fire Danger

When a horse dies in the Wyoming backcountry, sometimes the best way to keep it from attracting grizzly bears is using explosives to blow the carcass into tiny pieces.

In fact, the U.S. Forest Service even has a how-to instruction guide how to best do that, titled “Obliterating Animal Carcasses With Explosives."
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-Don in Oregon

3 comments:

  1. And here's a link to the how-to guide:

    cdn-wordpress.webspec.cloud/intrans.iastate.edu/uploads/2018/03/Boom-Boom-Boom.pdf

    You'll want to print this out and laminate it and keep a copy in your pickup.

    Don in Oregon


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  2. I remember reading years ago that the Swiss did this so rotting cows in the mountains would not stink. They stopped because it ought not to be done, for reasons.
    It's dead, who cares if it get blowed up? I would sell a subscription to a service to watch it.

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  3. Didn't somebody try this with a beached whale at one point? Didn't go very well...
    John G.

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