Roadkill Recycling Could Fertalize Pennsylvania

[matcom]

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The hundreds of deer killed by cars and trucks as they wander onto roads could spur new life -- along the roadside.

Under a new program in Lehigh County, deer carcasses would be taken to a compost facility and turned into raw material for fertilizer to nurture plants along the roads.

The carcasses are now hauled to private landfills or pits on state game lands, and the roadkill recycling plan could save the state money as well as provide fertilizer.

"It's a win-win situation," said Douglas Killough, regional director of the state Game Commission. "The carcasses could be utilized in a more ecological way than by wasting them."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2003/11/24/roadkill_recycling_plan_to_save_money_provide_fertilizer/

[GOPisEvil]

1. Oh sure...just take the meals away from vultures.

Who speaks for the vulture? Let the vulture eat!

[Turbineguy]

2. Great Idea!

Finally a good use for Neo-Cons too!

[wysimdnwyg]

3. Yummy!

Let's eat!!! :party:

[Bunny]

4. There's only one thing wrong with this story.

In PA, it seems like the dead deer and other critters are NEVER hauled away to landfills. They are left to rot along the roadside for weeks, unless some carrion eating critter hauls it off somewhere! It's always such a pleasant sight to drive the highways and byways of rural PA, gazing upon stiff, bloated corpses, pelts, and bones lying along the berm. Especially in the fall, when the deer have their annual rut.

I've often wondered if this was true in other states as well, or is this just a PA thing?