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May 25, 2023

County needs a place to burn dead animals

A bull moose lies dead last fall after being hit by a vehicle on Highway 22. The

A bull moose lies dead last fall after being hit by a vehicle on Highway 22.

The problem with buying a dead animal incinerator is figuring out where to put it.

Space is limited at the current trash transfer station in Horsethief Canyon. The Wyoming Department of Transportation is, understandably, wary of locating an open-flame gas incinerator near the bunker where it stockpiles explosives for controlling avalanches. And for biological and "optics" reasons, it doesn't make sense to dispose of potentially diseased carcasses on the National Elk Refuge.

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Contact Allie Gross at 732-7063, [email protected] or @JHNGcounty.

Allie Gross covers Teton County government. Originally from the Chicago area, she joined the News&Guide in 2017 after studying politics and Spanish at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

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