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  • From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
  • To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Viruses and Compost and back to rabies... Disposal
  • Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:13:32 -0400

It is illegal to introduce into the food chain by any means a horse that was chemically euthanized.  They cannot be buried due to leaching into the water table and many
plants that do render no charge for pick up and service.  Burning is illegal in most areas of the East due to air quality concerns as well as health issues. It can cost over $400 to dispose of a healthy horse and watching your mount being dragged into a Dumpster is not fun.
This is an event that has to be planned for, either by the boarding barn or the owner as fits the case.  In most cases where the authorities order the horse down they will be able to suggest disposal arrangements  or may be required to retain evidence from the carcass. Pennsylvania treats manure as hazardous waste and requires that the barn do the same paperwork as other generators, the haulers be licensed, and processors track where it came from and where it went.
 
Irv Lichtenstein

From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nesbitt
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 6:56 PM
To: MSAR; Mounted search and rescue in Illinois USA.
Subject: [MSAR] Viruses and Compost and back to rabies...




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