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-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 · 1 month agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoThey probably don’t want to contribute to conditioning predators to think of horses as a food source.
minus-squareKazumaralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAh, I missed that line. But I guess I was on the right track in my thinking.
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.