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Composting roadkill
Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their
compost piles. Seems very strange to me. |
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Composting roadkill
"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/roadkillfs.pdf More than I ever wanted to know. Says they use the compost on the highway right-of-way where there is low pet and human contact. How comforting! Sounds like a lot of "low possiblity", "most of", and "unlikely" situations. Maybe in the long run it is for the better as the landfill is the alternative. I know I don't want it in my yard. -- Jim If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? |
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Composting roadkill
Apparently, that part of the country is lacking in native insects that eat
roadkill to any great extent. Roadkill generally does not exist on the traveled part of the road. -- Dave Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago. More profound is we made it to the top of the food chain per our reasoning abilities. Most profound is the denial of why we may be on the way out. "Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. |
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Composting roadkill
"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. dead stuff my cats bring me gets dug under the trees as slow release fertiliser. A useful source of nutrition. rob |
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Composting roadkill
"Ryan P." wrote in message ... jthread wrote: "Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/roadkillfs.pdf More than I ever wanted to know. Says they use the compost on the highway right-of-way where there is low pet and human contact. How comforting! Sounds like a lot of "low possiblity", "most of", and "unlikely" situations. Maybe in the long run it is for the better as the landfill is the alternative. I know I don't want it in my yard. I'm confused about the "may contaminate water" concern. I can see how 50 dead bodies on top of each other might be a problem, but where do these people think wild animals go when they die? Scavengers take care of dead animals in the wild. What did you think? |
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Composting roadkill
Chas Hurst wrote:
"Ryan P." wrote in message ... jthread wrote: "Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/roadkillfs.pdf More than I ever wanted to know. Says they use the compost on the highway right-of-way where there is low pet and human contact. How comforting! Sounds like a lot of "low possiblity", "most of", and "unlikely" situations. Maybe in the long run it is for the better as the landfill is the alternative. I know I don't want it in my yard. I'm confused about the "may contaminate water" concern. I can see how 50 dead bodies on top of each other might be a problem, but where do these people think wild animals go when they die? Scavengers take care of dead animals in the wild. What did you think? Critters gotta eat too. Between blow flys, foxes, crows, vultures, etc. dead animals in the wild do not last long. Bones left in compost would be good source of phosphorous. I've seen deer carcasses in wild vanish in a week with only bones behind. Left long enough, mice may get bones. |
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"Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message ... Chas Hurst wrote: "Ryan P." wrote in message ... jthread wrote: "Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/roadkillfs.pdf More than I ever wanted to know. Says they use the compost on the highway right-of-way where there is low pet and human contact. How comforting! Sounds like a lot of "low possiblity", "most of", and "unlikely" situations. Maybe in the long run it is for the better as the landfill is the alternative. I know I don't want it in my yard. I'm confused about the "may contaminate water" concern. I can see how 50 dead bodies on top of each other might be a problem, but where do these people think wild animals go when they die? Scavengers take care of dead animals in the wild. What did you think? Critters gotta eat too. Between blow flys, foxes, crows, vultures, etc. dead animals in the wild do not last long. Bones left in compost would be good source of phosphorous. I've seen deer carcasses in wild vanish in a week with only bones behind. Left long enough, mice may get bones. Composting animals or parts of, is a bad idea for a home owner, IMO. It attracts vermin to the property. |
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"Dave Hill" wrote in message news 'Chas Hurst[_2_ Wrote: ;759435']"Ryan P." wrote in message ...- jthread wrote:- "Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news Today's news reports several NY counties are putting roadkill deer in their compost piles. Seems very strange to me. - http://tinyurl.com/2chczs More than I ever wanted to know. Says they use the compost on the highway right-of-way where there is low pet and human contact. How comforting! Sounds like a lot of "low possiblity", "most of", and "unlikely" situations. Maybe in the long run it is for the better as the landfill is the alternative. I know I don't want it in my yard.- I'm confused about the "may contaminate water" concern. I can see how 50 dead bodies on top of each other might be a problem, but where do these people think wild animals go when they die?- Scavengers take care of dead animals in the wild. What did you think? These people have the right answer to Road Kill http://tinyurl.com/yonu2a David Hill Here in Pa, it's legal to pick up road kill and take it home-wasn't always like that. |
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Composting roadkill
Dave Hill wrote
These people have the right answer to Road Kill http://tinyurl.com/yonu2a David Hill Reminds me of this site: http://www.petsorfood.com/ |
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Composting roadkill
Doesn't the answer lie somewhere in the total mass of roadkill vs. the
capacity of local vermin to eat such roadkill vs. the locality of such roadkill to a human water source? See no such figures anywhere in that weblink. Seems more wishful thinking in a negative sort of way. Nothing to substantiate. -- Dave Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago. More profound is we made it to the top of the food chain per our reasoning abilities. Most profound is the denial of why we may be on the way out. "Ryan P." wrote in message ... Chas Hurst wrote: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/roadkillfs.pdf {SNIP} I'm confused about the "may contaminate water" concern. I can see how 50 dead bodies on top of each other might be a problem, but where do these people think wild animals go when they die? Scavengers take care of dead animals in the wild. What did you think? *I* know that. I was questioning the logic of the above referenced article. The way it read, it seemed that "dragging carcasses further into the woods from the roads" was a bad idea as it could contaminate water. My point was that there are far more animals in cities and towns dieing in the woods/parks somewhere than there are being composted or cremated. Using the above logic, we should all have disease-ridden water. : |
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Composting roadkill
makes some good mulch/fertilizer. .. the turkey vultures around here
dont like the idea.. lucas http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm |
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