I read this story on bbc.co.uk today: “Frozen Colorado cows may be blown up“.
Leads me to wonder about the human/animal aspects of the situation. There are many. For now, though, I just wanted to pass the bizarre story along. I hope to return later to elaborate on my suspicions. In the meantime, what do you think?
Dave! Good find. I can’t help but feel proud that Colorado made it into “us and Canada’s” BBC news, even if it is just for cows. Or maybe because it’s just for cows. I’m not sure.
At any rate, why do you suppose they aren’t able to use chainsaws? I thought maybe they didn’t want to spook the wilderness, but they seem perfectly willing to blow them cows up.
Thanks for the comment, Josh. It does indeed seem strange that exploding the carcasses would be logistically more feasible than something like cutting them up. For, what happens to all the exploded parts–are they simply left to decompose and/or be eaten by the still-living wildlife?
You know they blew up a whale in Oregon once, right?
It didn’t go well.
I remember hearing about this, but I’d never seen a video of it! Craziness. Thanks for posting!