Midnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoWyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire riskwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down12
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkWyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire riskwww.theguardian.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareGikiski@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·28 days agoUnfortunate that no wildlife will eat dead horses in Wyoming.
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·28 days agoThey probably don’t want to contribute to conditioning predators to think of horses as a food source.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·28 days agoThe reason is given in the article. They don’t want the carcasses to attract grizzlies close to trails where human traffic is expected.
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoAh, I missed that line. But I guess I was on the right track in my thinking.
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.
Ah, I missed that line. But I guess I was on the right track in my thinking.
Depredation is bad.