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-up1154arrow-down12cross-posted to: weirdnews
arrow-up1152arrow-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
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-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
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.