Midnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire riskwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down12cross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-linkWyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire riskwww.theguardian.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
minus-squareGikiski@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoUnfortunate that no wildlife will eat dead horses in Wyoming.
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThey probably don’t want to contribute to conditioning predators to think of horses as a food source.
minus-squareKazumaralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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.