Chuck Darwin on Nostr: Wyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire risk In less extreme ...
Wyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire risk
In less extreme times, the US Forest Service routinely blows up carcasses of fallen horses
– after removing horseshoes to minimize the hazard from flying metal debris
– to prevent gatherings of ravenous grizzly bears that frequent Wyoming’s open spaces.
The service follows directions from its own manual, Obliterating Animal Carcasses With Explosives, detailing best practices for detonating horses, moose and mules.
Created by the forest service’s Missoula technology and development center in 1995, it offers advice including where to place the charges and how many to use.
“Carcasses that have been partially obliterated will generally not show any trace of existence the next day,” the manual says.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/wyoming-blowing-up-dead-horses-wildfires?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
In less extreme times, the US Forest Service routinely blows up carcasses of fallen horses
– after removing horseshoes to minimize the hazard from flying metal debris
– to prevent gatherings of ravenous grizzly bears that frequent Wyoming’s open spaces.
The service follows directions from its own manual, Obliterating Animal Carcasses With Explosives, detailing best practices for detonating horses, moose and mules.
Created by the forest service’s Missoula technology and development center in 1995, it offers advice including where to place the charges and how many to use.
“Carcasses that have been partially obliterated will generally not show any trace of existence the next day,” the manual says.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/wyoming-blowing-up-dead-horses-wildfires?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other