Midnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire riskwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11cross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkWyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire riskwww.theguardian.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
minus-squareGikiski@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoUnfortunate that no wildlife will eat dead horses in Wyoming.
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThey probably don’t want to contribute to conditioning predators to think of horses as a food source.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThe reason is given in the article. They don’t want the carcasses to attract grizzlies close to trails where human traffic is expected.
Unfortunate that no wildlife will eat dead horses in Wyoming.
They probably don’t want to contribute to conditioning predators to think of horses as a food source.
The reason is given in the article.
They don’t want the carcasses to attract grizzlies close to trails where human traffic is expected.
Depredation is bad.