There are a few articles in Biocycle Magazine on composting mortalities tha=
t come to mind. You can search through the JG Press website. Some articles =
are free, some require payment. I recall several articles- some focusing on=
road kill deer and such, others for poultry mortality and avian bird flu =
emergency procedures.
Brian
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From: Q Farm <q.farm_at_yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tue, Nov 1, 2011 3:59 pm
Subject: [compost_tea] County looks for better way to compost carcasses
After two years of depositing dead animals at a local landfill, Fiscal Cour=
t is appealing to Kentucky State University to help find a better way to di=
spose of carcasses.
The county has asked graduate students in KSU’s Masters of Environm=
ental Studies to develop a project for a county animal compost program that=
is more efficient and environmentally friendly than the Benson Valley land=
fill.
“At some point in time, the landfill might get to the point where t=
hey might not accept dead animals,” Judge-Executive Ted Collins sai=
d. “Composting large animals is more economical … and there=
’s more green initiative. We can reuse the soil.”
Collins took magistrates to see animal composting in action at the Universi=
ty of Kentucky’s Animal Research Center in Woodford County.
Wednesday was the bi-annual county road trip, during which magistrates and =
other officials look at roads in need of repair and other projects. The res=
earch farm was the first stop.
“Very little to no odor at all,” Collins pointed out, as th=
e magistrates gathered around the compost piles. “There’s n=
o vultures flying, no coyotes digging around … there’s no o=
dor to attract them.”
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